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UTAH 



Her Cities, Towns and Resources. 



TofJETHKI^ WriH A CONDENSED 15LT COMPREHENSIVE AcCOUNT OF IIeR FINANCIAL, 

c'()mmi:iu lal. m am'f acturixg, mining and agricultural enterprises. 
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Utah Territory 1 to 6 

Utah Mining, etc 7 to 25 

The Building Stones of Utah, by H. L. A. Culmer. 20 to 27 

Salt Lake City 2.s to 39 

Real Estate, by C. E. Wantland 40 to 41 

Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, by H. \'. Meloy 41 to 43 
A Review of the Commerce and Industries of 

Utah, by Fred Simon 4:3 to 44 

Sketches of prominent Business Houses, Capitalists, 

Professionals and Officials of Salt Lake City. 45 to 150 



Odgen City 151 to 158 

Manufactures in Utah, by D. D. Jones 159 

Bench and Bar of Odgen City 19S 

Provo City " 209 to 211 

Logan City 2U to 215 

Brigham City 220 to 221 

Park City 227 

Lehi 227 

Nephi 228 

Spanish Fork 228 



GENBRAL INDKX 

TO PROMINENT BUSINESS HOUSES, CAPITALISTS, PROFESSIONALS AND 

OFFICIALS OF SALT LAKE CITY. 



American Natural Gas Company 55 

Armstrong, T. C, Jr 69 

Asper, Wm. S: Company 72 

All Hallow's College 77 

Arbogast Confectionery Company 81 

Auerbach, F. Bros 98 

Angell Lumber Company 99 

Alliance Mining Company, The 108 

Alama Mining and Milling Company 114 

Anglo-American Shirt Factory 130 

Armstrong & Denny, Attorneys 132 

Anderson, Hon. Thos. J 133 

Allen, C. E., County Clerk 138 

Armstrong, S. P., Attorney 148 

Burnham, Hanna, Munger & Company 45 

Burton Gardner Company, The 56 

Ball, S. F. & Company 58 

Bowring, W. D 60 

Barratt Bros 106 

Bishop, F. M Ill 

Brown's Marble Works Ill 

Beck's Hot Springs 115 

Buckhorn Gold and Silver Mining Company 115 

Benson, 'Wendell 119 

Bullion-Beck Mine 121 

Bennett, Marshall & Bradley, Attorneys 132 

Bartch, Hon. G. W 134 

Booth, Hon. H. E 137 

Brooks, Chas. P., Surveyor 140 

Burt, Andrew J., Sheriff'. 140 

Booth & Gray, Attorneys 148 

Bailey, T. C.', Attorney 149 

Clawson, Spencer & Company 47 

52 

56 
57 
58 
66 
66 
70 
74 
93 



Culmer, G. F. & Bros. 

CuUen Hotel 

Continental Hotel 

Clark, Henry F 

Clift House 

Clift House ■V\'me Room. 

Crow, C. H 

Chute & Hicks 

Commercial National Bank. 



Christy, Mrs. H 98 

Cannon, Geo. M 99 

Carthey & Dumbeck 99 

Cutler, John C. & Bro 102 

California Brewery 103 

Chambers, R. C . .'. 117 

Conway & Simmons 117 

Chisholm, W. W 128 

Caine, Hon. John T 135 

(Jlute, E. R., city assessor and collector 141 

Coad & Coad, attorneys 143 

Cromer, W. H., attorney 148 



Dinwoodey Furniture Company 45 

Davis, Howe S: Company 57 

Dunford Shoe Company — George, The 67 

DeBruhl, W. | ." 68 

Dunford & Ellerbeik. Doctors 80 

DriscoU iS: Company 92 

Dale, L. H 95 

Dyer, Frank H 107 

Dalton Gold Mining & Milling Company 119 

Darmer, J. E., Attorney 144 

Eichnor, D. C, Attorney 135 

Empire Steam Laundry Company 79 

Evans, S. D 81 

Evans, M. R 81 

Excelsior Bakery 84 

Eardly, Jas. 'W.'. 113 

Enterprise Hotel 123 

Electric Ice Cream Parlors 126 

Farrell, J. W. & Company 58 

Fritz, ("Our Fritz") '. 72 

Follett, Dr. C. A 83 

Fuller & Young 102 

Gasser & McQuarrie 78 

Griswold, Dr. Hector 84 

Garrick & Holmes 86 

Gabel, The Tailor 88 

Grant, Heber J. & Company 89 

Grant Bros. Company 90 

Greeley Mining Company, The 107 

Groesbeck, Nicholas & Sons 124-25 

Greenman, Hon. John W 138 

Hughes, Fruit & Produce Company 59 

Heesch & Ellerbeck 64 

Hardy, Young & Company 72 

Hospital of the Holy Cross, The 75 

Happy Hour Dental Company 82 

Harvey, W. J. & Company 82 

Harrington, Donnelly & Newell 91 

Hansen, J 92 

Hanson Produce Company, The 103 

Hampton & Jones 106 

Harkness, Martin K 112 

Hinman, J. H 113 

Hunter, H 116 

Hall. W. C, City Attorney 139 

Hardy, O. H., Councilman 146 

Haines, C. L., Chairman Board Public Works 147 

Hardy, L. G., County Tax Collector 149 

Inter-Mountain, Abstract Company, The 77 

I. X, L. Stables 89 

Jones, R. M 50 

Jennings & Caine 54 



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INDEX. 



Jenkins, J. W. & Sons 63 

lames David & Company 78 

Joslin & Park H6 

Jacobs, J. G 109 

Judd, Hon. J. W US 

Knutsford Hotel 62 

Klipple, Phil 74 

Kevsor, Dr. |. B i?l 

Keiller, David T lO-i 

Kullak, Louis F 122 

Lowe, Georee A 63 

London Tailorins Company, The ol 

LvnberK, Fred G '^3 

Leaver, Conrad & Compan v 91 

Leeka, Dr. Daniel C 97 

Livingston. Chas T 105 

Lawrence, H. W Ill 

Lett, H.C. & Son 114 

Lombard Investment Company 123 

Lippman, loseph L., Librarian 138 

Lee & Post, Attorneys 14.') 

Morgan Hotel 60 

Model Steam Bakery, The 63 

Mason S: Conipanv 72 

Madsen, P. W . . . . '. 75 

Morris, Elias '^2 

McKinnon Horse Collar Manufacturing Company, The. S3 

McCornick tt Company ><i 

McFlwee, Pierce & Goddard & Western School Furnish- 
ing Company 101 

Mingo .Smeltmg Companv 108 

McAllister, D. H '. 110 

Midland Investment Company. The 116 

Mountain Ice & Cold Storage Company, The 130 

Mover, Hon. Geo. \V 137 

M.irkham. S. S., Attorney 14>! 

Mcrritt, S. A., Attorncv 14S 

Marshall & Royle, .Attorneys 149 

Murphy, Walter, Attorney 150 

Norrell. Hon. A. G 144 

N'cdcr iv: Cleland 4S 

Natural Mineral Water Company, The 70 

Olson's Bakery & Confectionery Store 127 

PurscII's Livery 51 

Parson's Hook Store 56 

Pittman, E. I 60 

Pacific Lumber & Building Company 61 

Parker & Depue 97 

Peoples' Eq. Co-op 106 

Piatt. F. \- Company 112 

Powers, Hon. Drlando W 145 

Pendleton, A. J., Councilman 147 

Roberts & Nclden 73 

Kowe, Morris, Summerhays Company 90 

Robinson, L. P 91 

Rogers & Company 95 

Reading, John 96 

Rief, A 105 

Rice, Geo. Arthur US 

Reillv & Kane 118 

Rigby Bros 123 

Rawlins & Critchlow, Attorneys 136 

Richards & Moyle, Attorneys 142 

Rhodes, L. R 149 

Simon, Fred 120-21 

Simon Bros 65 

Solomon Bros 129 

Salt Lake .-Xhstract, Title, Guaranty & Trust Company. . 6S 

Silver Bros 69 

Scott, Geo. M. & Company 71 

St. Elmo I lotcl 51 

SpafTord, W. H. H 74 

St. Mary's .Academy 76 

Salt Lake Soap Company 77 

Security .Abstract Company, The 7S 

Salt Lake City Brewing Company 79 

Sorrenson & Carlquist >t) 

Sells & Company 80 



Sherlock Knitting Company 84 

Sadler, Henry 86 

Salt Lake Business College 87 

Salt Lake Silk Factory 87 

Spencer-Bywater Company, The 87 

Salt Lake Music Company 88 

Salt Lake Dental Depot 88 

Steele, E 89 

Salt Lake City Foundry & Mannfacturing Companv 92 

Shiplcr, J. W .' 94 

Salt Lake E(|. Co-op. Institution 96 

Salt Lake I lardware Company 96 

Sierra Nevada Lumber Company 98 

Shelly & Burckhartt 101 

Scars & Jeremy Company 101 

Salt Lake Phimbing Company 103 

Salt Lake Stables .' 104 

.Saratoga Farm 110 

Spencer & Lynch 110 

Salt Lake Meat Company 112 

Sutherland, Hon. J. G l:« 

Sells, Hon. Elijah 186 

Senior, Edwin W., Attorney 137 

Scott, Geo. M., Mayor 1S9 

Stephens & Schroeder, Attorneys 139 

Templeton Hotel 61 

Tavlor, Romncy & Armstrong Company 63 

Toihurst, Dr. C. E SO 

Telephone Livery 88 

Thomas, R. K 92 

Tuckett, H. .A„ Candy Company 9S 

Tavlor, Joseph Wni 99 

Teasdel, -S. P 112 

Thompson Ot Wiegel 123 

Treweek, Nicholas 126 

Taylor Bros 126 

Thomas, Gov. A. L 131 

Utah Paint & Oil Company 67 

L'tah Plumbing Supply Companv, The 6S 

I'nitah Hotel '. 77 

I tab Crai kcr Factory 7S 

l'tah Book cV .Stationery Company 84 

l'tah Nursery Company S4 

L'tah Undertaking Company 85 

Union Pacific Hotel 96 

\'arian, Hon. C. S 182 

\'allcy-Tan Laboratory, The 46 

\'an Home. Wni. G., Attorney 147 

Valentine, C. O. & Company 100 

Valley House, The 129 

Watson Bros 5,S 

White \ Sons Company .57 

Walker House, The 59 

Walker Bros. & Fyler Company 64 

Wallace & Company 83 

Warner M. Rush, Manager 85 

Warren. F. E., Mercantile Company 86 

Warm .Springs RQ 

West Lake iS: Midway Inprovement Company 97 



Watts, I. H 
Ware, W. E 



99 
104 



Whitehead, L. S 105 

Williams, Geo. W 108 

Wantland, C. E 109 

Woodmansee, Joseph 109 

Weeks, Charles B 122 

White. Mathew 127 

Woodman. James F 128 

Williams, A. L LSO 

Walden, J. B., city treasurer 141 

Williams, Jas. A., Attorney 143 

Whittemore, C. O., Attorney 146 

Young Bros. Companv 74 

\'()ung. D. C '. 97 

Young, II. & Company 103 

Young, John M., City Marshal 140 

Zion's Co-Operati vc Mercantile Instituion 49 

Zion Savings Bank 94 

Zane, Hon. Chas. S 131 

Zane & Putnam, Attorneys 144 



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INDEX. 



PROMINENT BUSINESS HOUSES, PROFESSIONALS AND 

OFFICIALS OF OGDEN. 



Allen, Alvern 1S8 

Allison, Edward M., Jr., Attorney 202 

Broom Hotel 164 

Becraft, L. H. & Company 181 

Burt, S. J. & Bros 189 

Bond, H. M. & Company 192 

Belnap, G. R 194 

Bishop, Hon. A. C 200 

Barratt, Col. Perci val J 207 

Corey Bros. & Company 159 

Clark, W. M 180 

Calvert, Jas. A 189 

Condon. Dr. A. S 19H 

Chicago Meat Market 195 

Collins, John H 196 

Chapman House 196 

Consolidated Lumber & Milling Company 197 

Driver, Jesse J 169 

Dovle & Halverson 172 

Dee, Thos. D 184 

Driver, Wm. tS: Son 190 

Ellis, D. W 169 

Eklund, C. A 173 

Evans, David, Attorney 183 

Farmers' <.S: Merchants' Bank 163 

Fife, 'Wm. W 170 

Felshaw, Dr. E. M 175 

First National Bank 178 

Farr, W. & Co 178 

Fitzgerald, T. E 179 

Gibson & Smurthwaite 181 

Graham, J. M. & Son 195 

Gilbert, Morton V 200 

Hendershot, Abstract Company, The 159 

Huffman, C. B 164 

Hanson, 179 

Hunter, Ralph P 183 

Hotel Lincoln 195 

Hoffman, Miss Edith 198 

Henderson, H. P., Attorney 201 

Idaho Lumber Company 170 

Junction City Cornice Works 160 

Jones & Lewis 167 

Jones, R 167 

Jenkins, 'Washington 181 

Jones, Geo. W 193 

Kay, W. & Company 179 

Kelly, llle & Company 193 

Kiihn & Bro 195 

Kiesel, Fred 1. & Company 196 

Klinkenbeard'. Miss E, 1. & Sister 198 

Kimball, Jas. N., Attorney 205 

Lundy, Robt. C 192 

Ledwidge, Jos. P 197 

Leonard, O. R., Attorney 205 

Larkin Undertaking Company 181 

Lichenf eld Bros 185 

McNutt, J. 'W. & Company 164 

Mahan, Mrs. L. B 169 

McManis, John 185 

Miner, Hon. Jas. A 199 

Maginnis, W. L., Attorney 201 

Newcomb, T.J 195 

Ogden Abstract Company 159 

Ogden Military Academy 168 

Ogden Academy 168 



Olsen, E. A 173 

Ogden Milling & Elevator Company 179 

Ogden Steam Laundry Company 188 

Plymouth Rock Loan & Savings Association 163 

Parker, Doxey & Eastman 168 

Putnam, A. \V 174 

Peyton, W. L. P., Attorney 204 

Patton, A. B., Attorney 206 

Reed, E. A 160 

Reed Hotel 161 

Reed Hotel Livery 188 

Richards, Hon. C. C 203 

Rolapp, H. H., Attorney 203 

Sacred Heart Academy 172 

Stephens. J. A 173 

Stafford, Aliller & Company 178 

Short, B. M 181 

Shurtliff, H. 'W 186 

Spencer. H. H 187 

Smith, Ransford, Attorney 199 

Smith, H. 'W., Attorney 206 

Thomas Bros 176 

Turner, Wm. H., Mayor 180 

Tyler, John G '. 197 

LUah Loan & Trust Company 177 

Whitaker. S. T 165 

Wedell. W. B 166 

Watson, John 174 

Wallace, L. H 175 

Wallace, Joseph 178 

Woodmansee, Chas 182 

Williams, Wm R 194 

Wollstein, T. & Co 196 

PROVO CITY. 

Booth, John E., Mayor 213 

Excelsior Roller Flour Mills 212 

First National Bank 212 

Havercamp & Clark 213 

Hotel Roberts 213 

Moore, Chas. D 213 

Noon, A. A 214 

Smoot, A. O 211 

LOGAN CITY. 

Brigham City M. & M. Association 219 

Cardon, Thos, B 218 

Edwards, J. R 216 

First National Bank 218 

Logan House 216 

Lang, Albert 220 

Murdock, Robert 216 

Rich, Rich & Warrum, Attorneys 219 

Stewart, Hon. J. Z ' 217 

Thacher Bros. Banking Company 217 

BRIGHAM CITY. 

Brigham City Mercantile & Manufacturing Association . . 224 

Box-Elder Stock & Mercantile Company 223 

Box, E. A .' 225 

Compton, A. W 223 

Forest House 225 

Horsley, Wm. & Sons 222 

Jensen, Hon. J. M 226 

Johnson, Hon. E. P 225 

Jensen, Nels, Atty 226 

Snow, Apostle Lorenzo 222 

Snow, Alphonso H 223 



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Uta^h Territory. 



Its I^(?8oar(;e5, (JrovutI;, at^d prosperity. 

PROBABLY no western commonwealth affords 
such fascination to the traveler, such attrac- 
tion for the settler, such allurements for the 
investor, or such satisfaction to the health- 
seeker as Utah Territory. It has been, not inaptly, 
called the Switzerland of America, and while there 
are no Jungfraus or Mont Blancs whose brows are 
bathed in perpetual snow, there are, nevertheless 
peaks almost as lofty, whose abrupt ascendency 
from the valleys clothes them with a sphynx-like rug- 
gedness that makes them majestic in their grandeur. 

The area of Utah was aopiired by the United States 
from Mexico in 1848, under the provisions of the treaty 
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, althougli it was first settled up 
by Brigham Young, July 24, 1847. It was organized 
as a Territory by act of Congress in 1850, and at that 
period it comprised all that .section of country lying 
between the eastern boundary of California and the 
western border of the Great Plains. Nevada, Colorado, 
and Wyoming were subsequently carved out of its area, 
reducing it to its present limits. It now has an area of 
84,970 square miles, or 52,G0l,n00 acres. 

Geographic.Tlly, Utah is situated between the par- 






allels of 37 and 42 degrees north latitude, and the 
meridians of 109 and 1 14 degrees west of Greenwich. It 
is on the same parallels as Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, 
Southern Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, Spain, Italy, 
Greece, Turkey, and Corea. 

Utah belongs to the great plateau of the Rocky 
Mountains, its valleys being elevated from 2,700 to 
7,000 feet above sea-level, while its mountain peaks 
reach a height of 12,000 to i:j,500 feet. 

One-half the Territory is on the western side of the 
Wasatch Mountains and within what is called the Great 
Basin. Most of the inhabited i)ortion of Utah lies at 
the western base of the Wasatch range and on the 
eastern side of the Great Basin. The Wasatch Mount- 
ains enter the Territory on the north at about the mid- 
dle, extend nearly due south, until near the southern 
boundary, where they turn to the westward and j)as8 
out into Nevada, forming in Utah the letter "J." Their 
average height will not fall far below 10,000 feet above 
the sea. 

Nearly east of Salt Lake City the L^intah mounU 
ains, still loftier than the Wasatch, abut on them and 
run eastward until they pass out of the Territory. 

The eastern part of the Territory is drained by the 
Rio Colorado and its tributaries. 

West of the Wasatch the drainage is into the lakes 
and sinks which have no outlet, the largest of which is 
Great Salt Lake, with an elevation of 4,260 feet, a shore 
line of 350 miles, and an area of about 3,500 square 







miles. Three rivers, the Bear, Weber and Jordan, 
empty their waters into the Great Salt Sea. 

In Utah agriculture is dejiendent almost entirely 
upon irrigation. The system of cultivating the soil is 
to start canals at the mouths of the canons, where dams 
are built. These canals are run from the canons out 
upon the more level grounds of the valley.s, and there 
subdivided into branch canals, and these are again divid- 
ed into laterals leading to every farm, so long as there is 
water to be distributed. Each field has little furrows 
a foot or more apart and parallel with each other. Into 
these furrows the water is turned. Each farm has the 
right to use the water so many hours once a week or 
oftener, or less frequently, depending upon the season 
and the supply. Many large and expensive canals have 
been constructed in Utah for ilie purpose of redeeming 
the arid lands, tlie most recent ones being the Bear 
River Canal, in Northern Utah, and a canal in southern 
Utah. The latter was built by the enterprising citizen, 
William H. Rowe and his associates, and thereby they 
have successfully brought under cultivation a large sec- 
tion of Utah's most fertile land. 

During the year 1890 there were 423, .304 acres of 
land under cultivation in Utah, and there were 735, 226 
acres under irrigating ditches. 

The larger part of the 52,001,000 acres in Utah is 
barren and mountainous and cannot be tilled. Nearly 
one-fourth of this area has been surveyed. The United 
States Laud office, since March, 1809, has disposed of 
2 1,8b 7, 042 acres of public lands. 

It has been estimated by competent experts that by 
utilizing all the available streams during the irrigating 
season 2,304,000 acres can be redeemed. 

In September, 1890, an Irrigation Congress, at which 
delegates were present from all parts of the arid region, 
met in Salt Lake City. They memorialized Congress 
to give national assistance to the cause of irrigation. 
Should llieir petition be granted, a great impetus will 
be given the reclamation of these lands in LTtah, and 
many new settlements will spring into existence. 

There are twenty-five counties in the Territory. A 
brief descrijilion of them may not be out of place at 
this point. 

Beaver (!ounty, which has a population of 3,340, is 
located on the western side and a little south of the 
center of the Territory. It has 5,558 acres under cul- 
tivation. 

Box Elder County, with a population of 7,642, has 
26,177 acres under cultivation. The county includes the 
greater portion of the Great Salt Lake and is located in 
the northwestern corner of the Territory. Dry farming 
is successful there because the soil retains the moisture 
for a long time. The Bear River Canal is in this 
county. 

Cache County has a population of 15,509. It is in 
the northern part of Utah. The general elevation of the 
land under cultivation is about 5,000 feet, and its wheat 



crop is the largest in the Territory. It cultivates 54,301 
acres. 

Davis County has 6,409 inhabitants. It lies between 
the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake, and 
extends from the canon of the Weber River, on the 
north, nearly to Salt Lake City. It cultivates23,ieOacres. 

Emery County lies east of the center of the Territory. 
It has a population of 4,860 and cultivates 14,363 acres. 

(Tarfield County has a population of 2,457. It lies 
in the southern part of Utah and cultivates 1,716 acres. 

Grand County was carved out of Emery County and 
extends from the Colorado line to Green River, on the 
west. It has a population of 541, and has 1,401 acres 
under cultivation. 

Iron County has 2,083 inhabitants. It i.s located in 
the southwestern part of the Territory below Beaver 
County and cultivates 4,523 acres. 

Juab County, with a population of 5,582, is located 
in the center of the western side of the 'J^erritory. It 
cultivates 9,489 acres. 

Kane County is on the extreme southern border of 
the Territory adjoining Arizona. Its population is 1,085 
and it has 1,087 acres under cultivation. 

ilillard County extends from the mountain ranges 
of the central part of the Territory westward to Nevada. 
It has 4,033 inhabitants and cultivates 8,152 acres. 

Morgan County is in northern LTtah, lying east of 
Davis County. It has 5,033 acres under cultivation and 
a population of 1,780. 

Piute County lies north of Garfield County. It has 
2,842 inhabitants and cultivates 7,779 acres. 

Rich County is in the northeastern corner of Utah, 
adjoining Idaho and Wyoming. It has a population of 
1,527, and cultivates 15,726 acres. 

Salt Lake County is southeast of the Great Salt Lake 
and lies between the summit of the Wasatch mountains, 
on the east, and the Oquirrh mountains, on the west. It 
has a population of 58,457 and a cultivated area of 
30,555 acres. 

San Juan County lies adjacent to Colorado, New 
Mexico and Arizona, in the southeastern corner of the 
Territory. Its population is 305, and it cultivates 809 
acres. 

San Pete County, which is in the center of Utah, is 
the m( st southerly of the chain of thickly settled coun- 
ties which, beginning with Cache County on the north, 
extends in a generally northern and southern direction. 
It has a poiiulation of 13,140, and has under cultivation 
47,113 acres. Only one county excels it in agricultural 
production. 

Sevier County is iu the central part of the Territory 
and has 8,118 acres under cultivation. Its population 
is 0,199. 

Summit County is in the northeastern part of Utah. 
Its population is 7,733, and it cultivates 14,508 acres. 

Tooele County, situated southwest of the Great Salt 
Lake, including the greater part of the desert of the 




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same name, has a jxjpulation of 3, TOO, and cultivates Silver was first found in Utah in ISoT, but little 

7,524 acres. s^vstematic work was done in the way of mining until 

Uintah County is located in the northeastern corner after the advent of the Union Pacific Railway in 18G9. 
of the Territory, adjoining Wyoming and Colorado. It The deposits of the precious metals all belong to 

has a po]mlation of 2, '292, and cultivates 8,900 acres. the earlier geological ages, with the exception of a few 

Utah County is south of Salt Lake County and ex- small outcrops in southern Utah. 

tends from the summit of the Wasatch mountains One of the three most important mineral belts of 

westward to the Oi|uirrh range. It cultivates 40,195 Utah runs from the l^'intah mountains on the east, 

acres and has a population of 23,410. It is the leading through Park City and Alta, in the Wasatch, thence 

agricultural county in the Territory. crosses the Salt Lake Valley to the Orjuirrh mountains 

Wasatch County is east of Utah County. It culti- on the west at Bingham, the original point of discovery 

vates 10,824 acres and has a population of 4,027. of mines in LTtah, then turns a little northward, crossing 

Washington County is in the southwestern corner diagonally through the Aqui mountains and thence out 

of Utah and has a population of 4,009 and an area under on the desert. This belt contains the most productive 

cultivation of 4,203 acres. mines in Utah. The leading mines are the Ontario, 

Weber County is in northern Utah. It has a popu- Daly, Crescent, etc., of Park City, and the Old Tele- 

lation of 23,005 and a cultivated area of 2l',4.tO acres. graph, Jordan, Lead Mine. Yosemite, etc., of Bingham, 

whose total output runs far 
into many millions of dol" 
lars. 

The second mineral belt 
in Utah also begins in the 
Wasatch mountains, in the 
vicinity of ilt. Xebo, and 
runs a little north of west, 
reaching its climax in the 
extension of the ()((uirrh 
range at Tintic. Thence it 
passes through various 
ranges till it goes out of 
the Territory at Deep 
Creek, which is destined 
to be one of the greatest 
mining camps of Utah. 
In 1850 the total population of Utah was 11,380; The great mines at present in this belt are at Tintic. 
in 1S60, 40,273; in 1870,86,786; in 1880, 143,963; in The iMamraoth, Bullion-Beck, Eureka Hill, Centennial, 
1890, 207,905; and in 1891, 215,000. The growth of etc., have jjroduced many millions, 
sthe past two years has been ver\' marked. The third belt is located some two hundred miles 

The assessed valuation of the taxable projjcrty of south of Salt Lake City, beginning at ]\Larysvale and 
the Territory in 1891 was §121,000,000, while the rev- Beaver, running a little north of west through various 
enue for all Territorial purposes was $600,000. ranges, reaching its climax at Frisco, where the Great 

There are thirty-eight cities incorporated under Horn Silver mine is located. The belt extends west- 
ward fidin there to the boundary of the Territory. 

Near the southern part of the Territory, on the rim 
of the Basin, is a very unique mineral dcjiosit in sand- 




UTE INDIAN CAMP ON THE KESERVATION NEAR SALT LAKE CITY. 



special laws, with an assessed value of taxable projjerty 
amounting to $84,476,000, and a municipal indebtedness 
of onlv $1,2 78,000. 



There are seven cities or towns incor])orated uiuler stone of the triassic or later date. The ore is chiefly 



the general law, with an assessed valuation of taxable 
property amounting to $1,088,000, and a municipal 
indebtedness of $16,000. 

Few States in the I''nion can show such a remarka- 
bly healthy condition of the finances of its cities. 



chloride of silver found in reefs of sandstone. 

The eastern part of the Territory, being of a very 
recent geological age, is almost destitute of precious 
metals. The region embraces one-third of the Terri- 
tory and includes all that part east of the Wasatch 



The principal industries of Utah are mining, agri- mountains, including the Uintah mountains. There is 

cidture, sheep and cattle raising, and manufacturing. a limited area near the eastern end of these latter 

The number of mining camps in the Territory is mountains where there are some valuable copper mines, 

large and the mineral found embraces almost every This great region of eastern Utah is pre-eminently a 

known variety. The chief mineral products are silver coal region, 
and lead, which are found associated in the same ores. The roinirg industry has taken on new life in Utah 



and many mines which had been abandoned are now 
being worked. New districts are being constantly dis- 
covered, the latest being those of Dugway and Fish 
Springs in the Deep Creek country and the La Plata, 
north of Ogden. 

Utah ranks third in the production of lead and fifth 
in silver in the United States. 

The total output of the mines from the beginning is 
about ?< 180,000,000. 

During the year 1891 the mines produced $10,198,- 
0GG.81 in gold, silver, copper and lead, and ten mines 
paid dividends amounting to -?;3,048,.500. 

Elsewhere in this work the mines of Utah are dealt 
with more specifically. 

Utah is bountifully sujiplied with coal-fields. The 
coal belts enter Utah near Evanston, Wyoming, and 
run east and thence south for a distance of seven or 
eight hundred miles. It is estimated that there are 
15,000 square miles of bituminous coal land in Utah 
and of such thickness as to supply the whole United 
States for centuries. A valuable feature of the coal- 
fields lies in their proximity to the mineral deposits, 
both iron and the precious metals. 

During 1890 the four coal mines of the Territory 
produced 355,000 tons of coal. 

Considerable "Wyoming coal is used in Utah. A fine 
quality of coke is manufactured from the Castle Gate 
coal, and is extensively used in the Utah smelters. 

The asphalts of Utah are not only the purest in the 
world but are found in magnificent abundance. As- 
phaltum, which takes the name of gilsonite and uintite 
in Utah, is found in the northeast part of the Territory 
just east of the Uintah Indian reservation. Other fine 
deposits exist in the Uncompahgre Ute reservation, a 
short distance from the Colorado state line. 

Ozokerite or mineral wax is found near Thistle, Utah. 

Gypsum is found in extensive quantities near Nephi, 
in Juab County, and is used largely in the manufacture 
of plaster. 

Cement is also manufactured on a large scale from 
native minerals. 

Lithographic stone is found near Santaquin, Utah 
County, and in other localities in the Territory. 

Of limestone Utah has a surfeit. Much of it is 
converted into lime, while some of it is used as flux for 
furnaces. 

Granite is hewn out of the large boulders at 
Wasatch, a station on the Rio Grande Western railroad, 
not far from Salt Lake City. It is used for building 
purposes and Belgian blocks for paving. 

iVhite, variegated and mottled marble has been 
found in many places, but, for lack of machinery, it has 
not been utilized to any extent. 

There is also much slate in the Territory. 

LTtah excels in the quality of her sandstone. It is 
found in inexhaustible quantities, and ranges from 
almost a blood-red to pure white. 



The sulphur deposits at Cove Creek extend over a 
large area, but the depth of the deposit is not known. 
The sulphur taken from the mines is 98 per cent. pure. 
There are also extensive deposits in Beaver County. 
These sulphur mines are the only ones in the United 
States, and when fully operated and developed will be 
able to supply a large extent of country. 

Ores of iron, magnetite, red, brown, ochrous and 
fibrous hematite ore, are found all over the Territory. 
The great deposits, however, are in Iron County, 
and occur thickly in the form of massive outbursts of 
fissures in granite, from Cedar City to the Santa Clara, 
a belt five to ten miles wide and sixty long. These 
ledges, which carry from sixty to seventy per cent, of 
metallic iron, very pure, are from twenty-five to 
seventy-five feet thick. Distance from rail and mar- 
ket, and the high price of labor, have prevented the 
utilization of this storehouse of iron. 

Near Salina, Sevier County, there are deposits of 
almost pure rock salt found in the mountains. The 
manufacture of salt around the Great Salt Lake has long 
been a great industry. During 1891 there were har- 
vested 104,000 tons, of which T 1,000 were sold. For 
many years the method of manufacture was simple. On 
the borders of the lake, the water of which contains 1 7 
per cent, of salt, there are many lagoons. The rise of 
the water in the winter season filled these lagoons, the 
heat of the summer's sun evaporated the water, and the 
salt which remained was shoveled up and made ready 
for the market. Now these lagoons are filled by pumps, 
some of which raise a million gallons of the saline 
waters in ten hours. Much of this water is used by the 
silver mills, and for dairy and table purposes. Utah 
supplies the entire west with salt. 

In addition to the minerals named Utah has a salt- 
petre bed, antimony, quicksilver, arsenic, zinc, asbestos, 
and in fact every mineral found in the West except tin. 
Besides this it has quite a complement of gems, includ- 
ing topaz, garnets, chalcedony, amethyst, etc. 

In December, 1S91, natural gas was discovered in 
large quantities, within a few miles of Salt Lake City, 
on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Sufficient devel- 
opments have been made to insure its permanency, but 
within a short distance of where the gas was found it 
is known that gas from this same underground reservoir 
has been used for lighting and heating purposes for the 
past seven years. Three companies have already been 
organized to bore for gas, and their operation having 
already proved successful the result for Utah in the 
direction of material prosperity will equal, if it does not 
excel, what has happened in Eastern localities where 
similar discoveries have been made. The cheap fuel 
will tend to bring all western smelting and general 
manufacturing enterprises into the Territory, and pop- 
ulation and business will grow apace. 

While Utah's mineral product in 1890 averaged 
between $11,000,000 and $12,000,000, her agricultural 




S&lmS^'^^^m 



output amounted to 1(8,310,000. The proJucts included 
wheat, oats, corn, barley, rye, lucerne, hay, potatoes, 
beet.'s, cotton and fruits. 

The average yield per acre of the cereal.s, wiien com- 
pared with the other States and Territories, places Utah 
far in the lead, showing that better results can be 
obtained from the irrigation system than from depend- 
ing on rains, as the Eastern farmers do. 

For instance, there were 22 bushels of wlieat raised 
to the acre throughout tlie Territory, while the average 
througliout the United States was only 14 bushels. 

The following figures for the year 1890 are from 
the Territorial Statistician's report: 



PRODUCTS. 


ACRES. 


QCANTITY. 


AVERAaE 
TO ACRE. 


VALUE. 


Wheat 

Oats 


110,114 

32.7ti3 

8,776 

7,358 

3,759 

101,729 

80.617 

7,84.5 

87 

7 

5,275 

265 

2,597 

361,222 


2,409,454 bu. 

1.132.218 bu. 

16.5,067 bu. 

212,546 bu. 

45,204 bu. 

306,1(11) ton 

120,572 ton 

935,874 bu. 

21,726 bu. 

4,201) lbs. 

8,246,062 lbs. 

565,-560 lbs. 

10,688,841 lbs. 


22 bu. 
34 bu. 
19 bu. 
29 bu. 
12 bu. 
3 ton 

i,,-;-: ton 

119 bu. 

248 bu. 

600 lbs. 
1..563 lb3. 
2,1.34 lbs. 

6,426 lb?. 


81,927,563.20 
532,142.46 


Corn 

Barlev 

Rje 


118,848.24 

106,273.00 

27,574 44 


Lucerne 

Hay 

Potatoes 

Beets 

Cotton 

Orchards 

Vineyanis 

Other Products 
(Vegetable) .. 


2,71,5,107.0(1 

1,637.367.76 

49(!,013.22 

7,604.10 

462.00 

206.1.51.55 

33,933.60 

500,66.'>.23 


Totals.... 


98,300,705.80 



The products of the farm for 1890 are given in the 
following table: 



PRODUCTS. 



Wine, gallons 

Cider, eallcns 

Vinegar, gallons 

Sorghum, giillous 

Butter, pounds 

Cheese, pounds 

Honey, pouuds 

Dried Apples, pounds. 

Dried Peaches, pounds 

Dried .Vpricote, pounds 

Dried Plums, pounds 

Dried Pears, pounds 

Wool, pouuds 



QUANTITY. 



31,886 


e 28,697.40 


61,368 


21,478.80 


27,907 


6,976.75 


57,600 


37,440.00 


1,817,447 


323,303.23 


247,875 


.37,181.25 


854,387 


76,894.83 


197,167 


11.830.02 


178,.593 


19,615.23 


11,895 


1,480.88 


6.731 


841.;i8 


9,921 


992.10 


7,451,252 


1,229,456.58 



Total Value | ! $ 1,796,224.45 

The quality and value of the wool clip are steadily 
improving. 

The cattle and slieep industries in Utah are in a 
thriving condition, ami the gr.izing ranges are covered 
with these valuable possessions. 

The following table gives the figures for 1890: 



KIND. 


NUMBER. 


VALUE. 

« 1 .ifii 9sn on 


Milch cows 


52,066 


Cattle 


2:^7,4.58 :^.5t;i ktooo 


Horses . 


80,602 

,571 

318 

1,310,021 

1 508 


4,0.30,100.00 

192,82.5.00 

12,720.00 

2,947,547.25 
a 770 on 


Mules 


Asses . 


Sheep 


Goats 


Swine, over 6 months old 


20,411 1 163,288.00 


Total Value 


1 812,474,100.25 



Utali ha.s always encouraged home manufactures, 
and almost every industrial concern that has been begun 
and operated on conservative business principles has 
been a success. 

In 1890 there were 310 industrial concerns in the 
Territory, ein]iloying 3,274 hands, and paiil *l,597,- 
177 in wages during the year, with a plant valued at 
$3,215,511, an annual product valued at $5,836,103, and 
a capital investeil of ft4,405,88l. 

These 310 industrial concerns manufactured ale, beil 
springs, boilers, books, boots and shoes, beer, bricks, 
brooms, carj)ets, cheese, cement, cigars, clothes racks, 
crackers, cotton goods, flour, furniture, gas and electric 
light, harness, ice, iron cornice, iron moulding, knit 
goods, lumber, overalls, paper, j)aper boxes, refrigera- 
tors, rope, salt, soda water, leather, tinware, wagons, 
woolen goods, show cases, silk, soap, tents and awnings, 
trunks, confectionery, fruit canning, etc. 

In Utah County there has been recently erected one 
of the largest sugar manufactories in the United States, 
e<iuipped with machinery of American manufacture 
costing $500,000. Sugar is now being made there from 
the beet root and a ready market is found for the entire 
product. 

Extensive stock j-anls are now being erected a few 
miles north of Salt Lake City, and packing houses and 
preserved meat establishments are promised industries 
of the near future. 

Glass works, large potteries, potato starch factories, 
evaporating establishments and many other industries 
that would pay large returns on the investment are only 
awaiting capital. 

Commercially Utah stands ]>;ir excellence among 
the business men of the country. The failures are few 
and far between and the merchants are looked upon as 
being careful, shrewd and conservative. 

There were in 1890 in the Territory 1,722 stores, 
with an invested capital of $20,000,000, making annual 
sales amounting to S45,000,000, and employing 8,000 
men, who were paid $4,900,000. 

There are large co-operative stores in almost every 
county and the business they do annually goes up into 
the millions. 

There are thirty seven banks in the Territory. They 
had on June 30, 1891, a combined capital of $5,148,. 
231.78 and deposits amounting to $8^:5.55^084.00. 

The Territory has 1,500 miles of broad and narrow 
gauge railroad tracks which reach all the cities of any 
size, run through the fertile valleys and ascend the lofty 
mountains to fetch the ores to market. Much valuable 
country has not yet been reached by the iron monster, 
especially in the southern and western portions of the 
Territory. There are many projected lines, and while 
some construction lias recently been done, it is as noth- 
ing to what the necessities and growlli of the Territory 
will demand in the next few years. 

A road from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, which 



"mf^ 




will go through the Deej) Creek country, has been talked 
of for several years, and the people of Utah generally 
predict an era of great prosperity whenever capital Hhall 
see fit to enter upon the project. The mines in the 
Deep Creek country are low grade and with present 
shipping facilities mining scarcely pays. 

Utah has an excellent free school law, and the seliool 
attendance is now so large as to crowd the buildings 
beyond their capacity. There are, besides the public 
schools, many excellent mission schools throughout the 
Territory, supported by the various denominations. 
The Territory supports a well-equipped institution of 
learning known as the Deseret University, and the 
standard of education is being yearly advanced. 

There are churches for all shades of religious belief, 
and nowhere in the country are they better attended. 

The Territory takes care of its deaf and dumb, its 
insane, and its wayward boys and girls, in buildings 
especially constructed and adapted for these purposes. 

An Agricultural College has also been established 
and a State Library organized. 

Capitol grounds have been chosen in Salt Lake City, 
which have already been beautified, and in the near 
future a building worthy of the Ten-itury will be 
erected. 

" In the Salt Lake basin the air is dry, pure, elastic, 
transparent and bracing; and the temperature compares 
favorably, in respect to eijuability, with that of any part 
of the LTiiited States. The climate maintains a happy 
medium between the rigors of the region of the great 
fresh water lakes of the northwest and the eternal sum- 



mer lieats of Florida and Southern California, and this 
fact makes it both healthy and agreeable. The normal 
winter has tliirty to forty days of moderately cold 
weather, with enough snow for a week or two of sleigh- 
ing. The planting season begiiis in February. There 
is comparative exemption from the changeable weather 
and raw winds of spring in the north and east. Only 
in one month out of five does the range in temperature 
exceed fifty degrees. The sun shines perpetually, the air 
is invigorating, the rapid radiation assures cool nights. 
But no words or meteorological statistics can convey an 
adequate idea of the charm of the climate, which con- 
tinues to grow upon one no matter how long a resident. 

Hardly any form of disease originates in Utah, 
while upon raanj' diseases contracted elsewhere simple 
residence and use of the thermal waters in Utah and 
Great Salt Lake in the bathing season, are more bene- 
ficial than ordinary medical treatment. There is no 
malaria; asthma is impossible." 

Utah, with its unparalleled climatic advantages, fer- 
tile valleys, weird, majestic, rugged canon scenery, its 
numerous chemical and thermal springs, its wonder- 
ful salt lake, its magnificent mineral wealth, and 
its boundless resources, is to-day the most prosper- 
ous and most noted section in the Rocky Mountain 
region. 

With a homogeneous j)eople all working to the same 
purpose, M'ith all her citizens inscril)ing on their banner: 
"Utah — our first and holiest love! '" the possibilities for 
this Territory are limitless, and the future briglit 
indeed. 








Utah Mining. 



OUTPUT TO DATE. 

rl\()M ilie beginning of mining in Utali in is7l 
t(i liie close of 1891, twenty years, the total 
outi)ut of silver, gold, lead and copper, rating 
silver at its coining value, as the U. S. Mint offi- 
cers do, and lead and copper at their average yearly 
price in New York, is in round numbers §i80, 000,000 
in value. 

OUTPUT OF 1890-9 1. 

Tin- output of 1890, as ascertained and published by 
Mr. Dooly, agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., at Salt Lake 
is as follows, save that silver is here rated at its coining 
value, and the other metals at seaboard prices, and lead 
bullion counted as retined lead after deducting five )ier 
cent, for loss in refining: 

956,708 IbF. copper, 14c. per lb. 8 i;!3,9.;9 

65,1()5.5«7 lbs. retined lead, at 4ic. per lb 2,7(;H,9S7 

8,l(l5,.58(;ozs. silver.at 81.'29. HK5:r^X>^):> 

33,851 ozs. Kold, at S20.67 GU9,(;84 

Total value 814.134,215 

Statement for IMU is not yet made up, but the out- 
put being known to have increased considerably over 
that of the previous year, it is deemed safe to put it at 
110,000,000. 

DIVIDENDS OF 1 890. 
Minea earned dividends in 1890 as follows: 

Bullion-Beck, at Tintic 8375,000 

Eureka-Hill, •• 2.')0,000 

Ceutemiial Kureka," 150,000 

Mammoth, " ^ 560,000 

Horn Silver, at Frisco 200,000 

Jlayfield, at Big Cottonwood 18,000 

Daly, at Park City 450,000 

Ontario, " 900,000 

Total $2,903,000 

Dividends for 1891 will be at least $2,500,000. The 
first two mines in the table are owned by close corpora- 
tions whose earnings are not published. These are 
given upon the best information obtainable. Utah mines 
have paid in dividends to date about #22,500,000. 



WHERE THE MINES ARE. 

The mines wrought at ]iresenl are mainly in Beaver, 
Juab, Summit, Salt Lake, Tooele and Washington coun- 
ties. The northern mines lie on the same parallel in 
Tooele, Salt Lake and Summit counties. The mines of 
Juab County are eighty or ninety miles south of these. 
Beaver County is 200 miles and Washington County 
300 miles south of Salt Lake City. Mines were wrought 
to some extent in Wasatch, Weber, Box Elder and 



Piute counties. There is, in fact, no county in the 
Territory where the prospector has not left his foot- 
prints. Wherever, in Utah, there are mountains, min- 
eral indications are not wanting, and valuable minerals 
are likely to be found in time in paying veins or depos- 
its. Ores of good (piality arc ktiown to e.\ist in many 
of the isolated ridges which break the face of the I'esert 
in Western Utah, but mining in that section still awaits 
the construction of railroads. The main producing dis- 
',rict of the Wasatch Range lies on the heads of the Cot- 
tonwoods and of the American Fork, within sight of 
Salt Lake City, and over the ridge eastward, where the 
waters find their way into the Weber and Provo rivers. 

Northward from this locality no mines of importance 
had been found until within a few months, when a dis- 
trict called La Plata, on the summit of the Wasatch 
Range between Ogden and Logan, was organized, con- 
taining strong ledges of ores rich in lead, but rather low 
in .silver. Time will be required to demonstrate the 
importance of this new district. 

Southward, 200 miles, near the heads of the Sevier 
River, eastward of the town of Beaver, there is a dis- 
trict called Marysvale which has been almost abaiiiloned 
the past eighteen years. 

During the year 1891 promising veins of milling 
gold rock were opened in the district, a mill was erected 
and in November began to run. ^Meantime the Rio 
Grande Western has built a branch road from Thistle 
Station to Salina, about 87 miles. This will probably 
soon be continued to Joseph, above Monroe, the latter 
being about 20 miles below the Marysvale mines. The 
road spoken of leaves the Sevier and crosses the Pah- 
vant Range via Clear Creek and Cove Creek into the 
Basin. 

Mines are found on both slopes of the Oquirrh 
Range, from Great Salt Lake southward nearly 100 
miles, as at Stockton, Dry Canon, Ophir, Bingham and 
Tintic. All these localities are connected with Salt 
Lake City by rail. The mines of Beaver County are at 
Frisco and about IMilford, the terminus at present of 
the U. P. Railw.ay. The mines of Washington County 
occur in a sandstone reef which extends along and near 
the base of the Wasatch for 100 miles. 



BEAVER COUNTY. 

Beaver County contains four or five parallel ranges 
or ridges, striking north and south, all of them mineral- 
bearing. A single chimney of ore in a contact along 
the east base of Grampian Mountain (Horn .Silver Mine) 
turned out 00 tons of ore a day for four years, realizing 
to its owners more than i^l 3,000,000, $4,000,000 of 
which was disbursed in dividends. After this enormoBs 
output the mine had three or four hard years, bat is 
again doing well. Ore bodies were opened in 1890 
in new ground on different levels. Shi[>ment8 for that 



8 




year were 19,477 tons, which sold in the Salt Lake 
market for $335,069. Average value of the ore was 
$18.26 per ton; average cost per ton was, for extraction, 
$3.50; dead work, GO cents; surface work, 85 cents; sup- 
plies, $1.30; total cost per ton, $0.25. At the end of the 
year the mine had $269,787 in its treasury, and the own- 
ers expected a better year than last year, and in this 
they have not been disappointed. 

The product of the mines for 1891 has equaled that 
of 1890, and the profit, about $200,000, has been as 
great. There is not much doing around Frisco at pres- 
ent, aside from the operations of the Horn Silver. 

In Star District the Talisman and Stewart have been 
penetrated to a horizon below that of the pinches and 
faults which confound and discourage the miner in this 
district at a distance of about 100 feet from the surface of 
the ground. Between 300 and 400 feet down they have 
three or four feet of very good ore. From Mr. A. G 
Campbell's mines, and from several others, small ship- 
ments are occasionally made. The ores are generally 
of a rather high grade. 

The facilities for mining in Beaver County are very 
good. The country is dry in the summer, but there 
is sufficient water, wood and timber for mining pur 
poses, and operations are not obstructed by snow or 
cold in the winter. The ores are carried from the 
mine dumps by wagon and rail to the Salt Lake smelters 
at about $7 per ton. The mines are easy of access. 
Provisions and supplies are cheap and abundant, and 
good labor is obtainable at fair rates of compensation. 
There can be no doubt that extensive exploitation and 
operation in this county would very greatly increase 
its output. 

JUAB COUNTY, TINTIC. 

Tintic is the principal mining district of Juab 
County. It is in, or on, the western slope of the 
Oquirrh Range, which here rises perhaps 2,000 feet 
above the general level of the country, making the abso- 
lute altitude 6,000 to 7,000 feet. One goes there from 
Salt Lake, about seventy miles, via Lehi, on the U. P. 
Railway. The Rio Grande Western has just com- 
pleted a branch to Tintic from Springville, going in via 
Homansville to Eureka, swinging round Eureka Hill 
past the Mammoth shaft and the big iron mine back of 
Silver City. 

The district has been worked more or less for 
twenty years. Within the last year or two the impres- 
sion has grown steadily that there is no better mining 
district in the United States. The mines occur in a 
series of ore channels, with no defined boundaries, but 
following a generally definable course, striking north 
and south — in fact, in a belt of limestone about two 
miles wide, lying between quartzite on the west and 
eruptive rocks on the east. All the geological and min- 
eralogical features of the vicinity are well marked and 



clear for a distance of three or four miles along the 
strike of the belt, and here is where the great produc- 
tive mines are. North and south these guide posts of 
the miner are more or less masked, and there has been 
less encouragement to prospecting. There is little 
doubt, however, in the minds of good judges, that great 
mines Mill be found in this lime belt as far north and 
south as the quartzite and porphyry banks of the chan- 
nel extend. There is as little doubt that the ores will 
be found to extend a half mile or more in depth, at 
least down to the level of Utah Lake, perhaps 2,000 
feet below, where water may be expected, and the ores 
likely change to sulphides. 

The ore deposits are as a rule large, easily mined, and 
of a high grade. The Bullion-Beck, Eureka-Hill, Cen- 
teunial-Eureka, Crismon-Mammoth, and a few others 
are the principal mines, all heavy producers and divi- 
dend-payers, but aside from these little prospecting has 
been done. A small number of claims have been pat- 
ented; a few more are held by location. For miles in 
each direction the country is practically virgin ground. 

Owing to the low altitude the winter snows depart 
early, leaving the ground parched and dry. Vegetation 
is very scant, and timber for mining purposes has 
to be brought from other parts. 

The mines are not troubled with water, but rather 
with the lack of it, for even those mines which have 
reached a depth of nearly a thousand feet have none 
excepting what is brought there by human eflFort and 
ingenuity. Most of the water for all kinds of uses is 
derived from springs, which seem to be quite numer- 
ous in certain places, but their flow is not strong, and 
they are already taxed to nearly their full capacity. 

As the population of Eureka and the various other 
camps is steadily increasing and more mines are being 
opened every year, the question of water supply can- 
not be far distant, for when the section receives the 
attention it surely meiits the few local springs will 
be far inadequate. But Utah Lake, being distant only 
a few miles, may be counted upon to supply the means; 
the end can be easily found. 

Output is all that counts in mining, and the leading 
mines can be detected by amount of ore shipped in 189C, 
given in the following table, to-wit: 

Mines. Tons. 

Bullion-Beck 29,509 

Eureka-Hill 20,640 

Mammoth 9,590 

Dragon (iron) 6,050 

Centennial-Eureka 3,668 

Treasure 3,200 

Keystone 1,700 

.Julian Lane 798 

Northern Spy 550 

Teeora 259 

Sioux group 221 

Sunbeam group 198 

Carriesa 1 15 

Sunbeam group 106 



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Goyemor If ■' 

Undine ... 88 

Ruby 21 

North Star 10 

Hungarian 18 

Park 15 

Rnst Dragon 15 

South Mammoth 12 

Diamond district 10 

Martha Washington 10 

Total 75,907 

Shipments for 1891 are not yet made up, but it is 
known that they considerably exceed those for 1890, 
and more mines have had ores to ship. 

There is a chloridizing mill of ten stamps in the dis- 
trict, which is not much used, and a leaching mill of 30 
or 60 stamps has been rigged up during tlie past year from 
old dismantled mills. This mill is mainly employed in 
working up old mine dumps. Most of the ores are dry 
ores — carrying not more than 12 or 15 per cent, of lead 
— and they are sold to the smelters and carried to Salt 
Lake or Denver for reduction. 

The Eureka-Hill and the Bullion-Beck are very well 
equipped for deep and heavy work. Both of these 
mines have reached their 11th or 12th level. The Mam- 
moth, Centenuial-Eureka, Keystone, German, Northern 
Spy, Eagle, and other groups have steam hoists, pumps, 
etc., and are fairly equipped. Most of them have had their 
years " in the wilderness." The Eureka-Hill has had 
eight years of steady production, in which it has sold 
about 100,000 tons of probably $50 ore. Its profits 
have not been far from $2,000,000. The Bullion-Beck 
has earned, net, in the past three years, probably more 
than $1,000,000. Neither of these companies publish 
their dividends. 

The Centenr.ial-Eureka has a long stretch of the mar- 
velous ore channe\ During the five years previous to 
1 800 but 1,365 tons of ore were taken out. In 1890,- 
the output was 3,667 tons, which sold for about |550,- 
000; and the past year, without pushing, the ore sales 
were about $400,000. 

The Mammoth had paid thirteen dividends, summing 
up $210,000, down to the first day of 1890. In that 
year they paid $560,000. 

The Genuine group, the Eagle group. Northern Spy, 
the Godiva group, the Yorkville, the Madera Consolid- 
ated, the Marion Consolidated, the Plutus, the Sioux 
group, the Snowflake, the Governor, the Iron Blossom, 
the Wolf, the Cave, the Hungarian, the British, Cop- 
peropolis, the Undine, the Sunbeam, the Treasure, the 
Tesora, the Turk, the Eastern and Daisy, the Hard 
Winter, the Belcher Consolidated, a group of eight 
claims, the Lucky Boy, the Alamo, the Golden Ray, a 
group of six claims, the Isona, the Retribution, and 
many more "too numerous to mention," are being 
brought forward year by year to the same stage as the 
foregoing. 

Many of these Tintic mines, and not the least, the 



mines about Diamond, have immense outcrops, nearly 
covering the full, surface area. The ore is found in 
bunches and chimneys; greater depth will surely show 
concentration in large bodies. Experience has demon- 
strated that these mines as a rule need only to be opened 
and wrought to become profitable. 

The Dragon or Tintic iron mine ships 6,050 tons of 
fluxing iron ore to the smelters near Salt Lake City 
every year. 

George Arthur Rice <fc Co. operate a sampling mill at 
Eureka. 



DEL MOXTE DISTRICT. 

This district is four miles north of Eureka. The 
railroad passes within four miles of the mines, which 
are immense bodies of lead ore, carrying about three 
ounces of silver per ton and a large percentage of iron. 
The more these mines are exploited the larger and 
cleaner appears to be the ore; 1,200 feet of openings 
have been made in ore which is from 10 to 45 feet in 
thickness. 



WEST TINTIC. 



This district is in Tooele County, but one goes 
there from Eureka, the capital town of the Tintic 
mines, and hence mention of it is made here. It is a 
twenty-eight mile drive from Eureka to Rockwell's 
ranch on Cherry Creek, and about five miles farther to 
the mines. The mineral belt is very wide, the country 
low, smooth hills. Amongst the mines of consequence 
are the Silver Star, the Scotia, the Midgley, the North- 
western, the Little Chief, the Stonewall Jackson, the 88, 
the Virginia, the Brunswick, the Grand Cross, the Trib- 
une, the Flying Dutchman, and many others. 



THE DESERT. 



Fifteen miles west of Rockwell's (on Cherry Creek) 
a bold and rugged granite mountain rises out of the 
desert, and this is called Desert Mining District. On 
the west end of this mountain occur valuable copper 
mines, the ores, rich in copper, carrying gold and silver 
also. 

There is Desert Mountain, fourteen miles north of 
the granite mountain spoken of, and the Oasis, the 
Columbia and tiie Drumni mining districts in the 
same region. "There is ore enough here in sight now," 
says an intelligent correspondent, "to tax the carrying 
capacity of any single-track railroad. A road could be 
run out here from Salt Lake via Ophir, Eureka, West 
Tintic and the districts mentioned to North Dugway, 
Clifton and on to Deep Creek, passing through mines 
for nearly every mile of the way, and with sufficient 
water; mines that will never make much stir in the min- 
ing world, either, until such a railroad shall be run." 



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SUMMIT COUNTY. 

The mining field which begins on the heads of the 
Cottonwoods and of American Fork, within sight of 
Salt Lake City, and extends ten miles over the first 
ridge of the Wasatch, eastward, is thrown by the wind- 
ing mountain crests which culminate in that vicinity 
into four counties. The more important, however, are 
known as Uintah Mining District, in Summit County, 
and as Blue Ledge Mining District, in Wasatch County. 
These are in reality one district divided by a geograph- 
ical county line to which mineral veins pay no attention. 



PARK CITY'. 



A town of 5,000 inhabitants, connected with Salt 
Lake by the Union Pacific, and also by the Utah Cen- 
tral, is the mining town of the district. It is an incor- 
porated town, has a city government, fire department, 
watei works and all the appurtenances, jail, bank, hotel, 
churches, schools, opera house. Masons, Oddfellows, etc., 
of a city. The streets have been worked and graded 
and drained till they are very good. The absolute alti- 
tude of Main street at the hotel is about 7,500 feet above 
the sea. 

Three or four gulches join each other at the head of 
Main street, and a little above, and up these, rising in 
two miles 2,000 feet, are the mines. The Mackintosh 
sampling mill is at the lower end of this street, near the 
depots. The Crescent concentrating and sampling mill 
and smelter, and the Marsac (Daly) thirty-stamp chlor- 
idizing mill, are in the town, while the Ontario forty- 
stamp chloridizing mill stands at the head of the main 
street. The Ontario mine is a mile and a half up 
Ontario Gulch, south of the mill. 



THE ONTARIO AND OTHER GREAT MINES. 

The Ontario vein for 4,500 feet on its course is owned 
by the Ontario Silver Mining Company; for 1,500 feet 
next westward by the Daly Mining Company; the 
next 2,800 feet, going westward, is owned by men inter- 
ested in these two companies. Here the Anchor Min- 
ing Company takes the vein for 12,538 feet. From the 
Ontario, westward, the ground gains in altitude, so that 
the sixth Ontario level is the Daly eighth, and the 
Anchor seventeenth. The Anchor Company sank a 
shaft to its twelfth level, cross-cutting t'ae vein, and 
drove in a drain tunnel 6,600 feet, intersecting the shaft 
on the twelfth level. The Ontario sixth level drain 
tunnel is extended through the Ontario and Daly ground, 
and its fifteenth level drain tunnel, three miles long 
from Proso Valley to Ontario Shaft No. 2, is about half 
completed. Extended along the vein to the Anchor it 
would be nearly five miles long, and take the Anchor 
water to the twenty-seventh level. If the Anchor has 
the Ontario or an equivalent parallel vein, then the vein 



is about 9,000 feet long; and if the vein extends through 
the Anchor ground it is 20,000 feet long. There is 
good reason to suppose that it continues westward to the 
Cottonwood mines, and that it strikes eastward through 
Blue Ledge District via MoHenry Gulch for about two 
miles, making in all six or seven miles, throughout 
which, with intervals of barren ground, of course, it may 
reasonably be expected to be fertile. It is now claimed 
that the district has four or five parallel veins. 

The Ontario mine is the leading mine in extent of 
operations, in cost of plant, in output and dividends. 
There are upwards of thirty miles of openings in the 
mine, and about 160,600 cubic yards have been sloped 
out to get the (in round numbers) $27,000,000 which 
the mine has produced. The mill and mine plant cost 
2,700,000, and mine and mill give direct employment 




PARK CITY STREET SCENE, SHOWING ONTARIO MILLS. 

to between 400 and 500 men at an average wage of 
$100 per month, and indirect employment to a great 
many more. During the year 1890 the output was -35,- 
985 tons of (dry) ore, of which 23,892 tons were milled, 
and 12,093 tons sold to smelters. The gross sum re- 
ceived for the product of this ore was $1,742,084, out 
of which $900,000 was paid in dividends, making the 
total monthly dividends paid, to the end of 1890, 175; 
. aggregating $1 1,525,000. 

Disbursements of 1890 were as follows: 

Pay roU and salaries $535,000.00 

Cordwood 34,180.75 

Lumberand timber 35,649.50 

Coal (from Coalville) 81,794.22 

Salt .: - 29,662.82 

Castings (Salt Lake foundries) 12,867.10 

Beef and vegetables. _ 21,724.03 

Hauling and sampling ore -— 55,853.10 

Sundries, powder, oil, machinery, candles, groceries, 

N. Y. & S. F. offices 310,323.54 

Dividends (12, of »75,000 each) 900,000.00 

Total $2,017,055.06 

This will give an idea of the cost of mining, and 
how distributed. 

The excess of disbursements above receipts is drawn, 




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of course, from surplus account. Of these items, the 
first eight, amounliug to $S06,7:51.52, ami part of the 
ninth and tenth items, were expended in Utah. Of the 
«i 12.000,000, Salt Lake value, produced in 1890 by the 
rair.es of Utah, it is safe to say that three-fourths were 
e.\pended in Utah. 

The Ontario kept up its usual rate of production in 
1891; and the dividends paid carry the number to 187, 
af'Sresrating ^12,425,000. The mine has still a great 
amoui.t of opened but unstoped ground above the 10th 
level. The selling price of the shares is from $40 to 
!844; there are 150,000 shares, par $100: holders have 
come to repose trust in them as if they were United 
States bonds. The mine has passed the monthly divi- 
dend of 50 cents a share but about six months, when 
No. 2 hoist was burned down, in fourteen years. No 
one familiar with it doubts that this will continue fif- 
teen or twenty years longer. 

The Daly mine raised 23,870 tons of (dry) ore in 





UALY MILLING A.SD HOISTING WORKS. 

1890, 20,795 tons of which were milled by the Russell 
process of leaching, and 2,-351 tons were sold to the 
smelters. Sale of the proceeds of this ore brought the 
company ^834,818, of which $450,000 was paid in divi- 
dends, making 46 dividends pail by the mine since 
the mill started in February, 1886, aggregating $1,762,- 
500. During the year the working shaft was sunk to 
the 10th level, and a second working shaft was started 
east of the old one, which has been sunk to the Ontario 
6th level drain tunnel. The Russell leaching process 
has been substituted in the Marsac (Daly) mill for the 
amalgamating process, it having been established that 
it does better work at less cost and with a much less 
expensive plant, both in first cost and maintenance. 
The usual rate of production was maintained during 

1891, and $450,000 was paid in dividends. 

The Anchor property is a group of claims 1 ,200 feet 
in width by 12,538 feet long, beginning near the west 
end of the Daly and running west, comprising the old 



Utah and White Pine properties, and many other con- 
tiguous claims. The drain tunnel above mentioned cut 
a vein 18 to 70 feet in thickness of (mainly) concen- 
trating ore. The company have a mill which will dress 
130 tons of crude ore down into about 40 tons of con- 
centrates per day. The mill cost nearly $40,000. The 
mine output in nine months of 1891 was 26,860 tons 
crude ore, which made 7,6H6 tons of concentrates. Con- 
centrating costs 93 cents per ton; hauling, 78 cents; aver- 
age wages, $2.61 per day; total cost of rqining, concentrat- 
ing, sampling, and delivering on cars, $7.08 per ton of 
crude ore. Large chamljers have been cut out, the 
openings exposing more and more ore. 

The Daly West ground is a group of claims about 
2,000 feet wide by 3,0U0 feet long, joining the Daly on 
the west and the Anchor ground in part on the north. 
It belongs to the owners of the Ontario and the Daly, 
and to John J. Daly, and can be cheaply drained and 
exploited and laid off properly for ore extraction 
through or by means of the workings in 
those mines. A working shaft was start- 
ed upon the property in 1891, and it is 
understood to be the intention of the 
owners to proceed to the opening and 
working of the mine. 

The Woodside Company own eight 
claims in Woodside Gulch, out of which 
they took $444,000 in 1889. In 1890 a 
working shaft was sunk 500 feet, a good 
hoist put on, and the second and fifth 
levels opened; enough ore was extracted — 
about 670 tons — to pay expenses. Dur- 
ing the past season the vein was cut at 
still greater depth by a tunnel, and the 
output, Avhile not so great as in 1889, was 
satisfactory. 

The Northland — Nevada, or the May- 
flower, according as pending litig.ation 
shall be decided — comprises a group of claims near 
the Woodside, out of which, in a contact between lime 
and quartzite, the owners extracted 1,560 tons of ore in 
1889, and 2,629 tons in 1890, when they were enjoined 
pending the settlement of title, and obliged to close 
down. The body of ore in dispute is regarded as one 
of the best and most promising in the district. 

The Massachusetts (old Empire), comprising twenty 
claims, lies about one mile west of the original Ontario 
ground. It is well equipped, and the main working 
shaft has reached the sixth level. A fork, at least, of 
the Ontario vein is believed to run through this 
ground. 

The Alliance (old Sampson) is a group of eight 
claims, immediately east of Pinyon Hill, on a line west 
with the original Ontario and Massachusetts; the Daly 
and Anchor diverge to the southwest. It is at the 
head of Webster and AValker Gulch, and much higher 
in altitude than the Massachusetts. The vein is in 



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limestone, is 15 feet thick, and strikes through Pinyon 
Hill southwesterly a mile or more, the Crescent and the 
Apex each owning a part of it. The working shaft is 
intersected by the Hanauer tunnel at a depth of 520 
feet. This tunnel has been extended beyond the shaft 
on the vein (as a level) to the end line of the property 
and to a connection with the Crescent working incline 
for the benefit of the Crescent Company. Meantime a 
drain tunnel has been driven into the vein at a point 
1,002 feet below the Hanauer tunnel. This, called the 
Alliance tunnel, is 5,372 feet long to the point where 
it strikes the vein, 830 feet west of the east end line 
of the property. Crosscutting and running west in the 
vein shows the vein to vary in width from 20 to 40 feet; 
to pitch about 15 degrees from the vertical; to be in 
limestone still; and to be filled with quartz, brecciated 
lime, clay, talc, iron, and manganese, with occasional 
bundles of ore. The tunnel has been driven west on 
the vein several hundred feet. It was excavated on 
contract at $ 1 8 a foot. The property is a steady though 
not (as yet) heavy shipper. 

The Crescent property comprises about 90 acres, the 
ore occurring in a channel 20 rods wide and a quarter of 
a mile long, falling off to the northwest with the face of 
the hill and about 100 feet below the surface. This ore 
sheet crops out in the eastern face of Pinyon Hill, 
which is on that side a ledge about 400 feet high, and 
thin veins or fissures come occasionally to the surface 
from the ore body on the northwestern slope of the hill. 
Probably 100,000 tons of ore have been extracted and 
sold from this ore body, realizing to mine and smelter 
11,500,000 — $15 per ton — and many thousands of tons 
of concentrating ore yet remain in the mine and on the 
various dumps. Dividends amounting to $228,020 have 
been paid. 

The Sampson (or Alliance) vein cuts across the head 
of the property, and is reached at a depth of about 400 
feet by a 1,'700-foot tunnel run in from the northwest. 
Upon this vein, which is here 50 feet wide, at the inner 
end of the tunnel, machinery has been placed, and a 
working incline sunk to the Hanauer tunnel, 400 feet. 
This saves pumping and gives 400 feet of dry stoping 
back. The ore in this vein is scattered; 2^ tons are 
concentrated into one. The output of the mine in 
first-class ore and concentrates is about 6,000 tons a 
year, the gross value of which is not far from 
$40 a ton. The company have a concentrating 
and sampling mill, 5 miles of tramway between mine 
and mill, with an average grade of 400 feet per mile, 
boarding and lodging houses, etc. The property is 
regarded as in better condition than ever before. 

Amongst properties upon which a good deal of 
work has been done with more or less encouraging 
results, but which have not as yet become steady and 
large producers, may be mentioned the Apex,th§ Creole, 
the Deer Valley Consolidated, the Constellation, 
the Golden Eagle, the Whitehead, the Putnam, the 



Meears Consolidated, the Roaring Lion, the Jupiter, the 
Silver Key, the Silver King, the New York, the Lucky 
Bill, the Comstock, the Gem, the Steele, the Dolberg, 
the West Ontario, the Black Diamond and Nimrod, the 
Rosebud, the Reed, the Kerr, the Hoyt, the Park City, 
the Lundin and Anderson, the Roscamp and Glen, the 
Denhuff, the Creole No. 2, the Typo, the Kentucky, 
and the Hughes and Bogan. To these and many others 
the Park City Record calls attention as offering induce- 
ments to would-be investors in mining. 

Besides these there are hundreds of promising pros- 
pects scattered all over these hills from the Cotton- 
woods to Provo River, and from Deer Valley nearly to 
Midway, a district containing fifty square miles. The 
country is wet and the drift heavy, making the devel- 
opment of prospects into paying mines slow work. 
Very little capital on the outside has ever gone into the 
district. It has had to depend upon its output for the 
means of increasing its output. Yet it may be truly said 
that there is no district in the entire mining section 
which offers greater inducements to capital to engage in 
mining than this. 

The Park City Sampling Mill, owned by Mr. Rich- 
ard Mackintosh, of Salt Lake, samples about 30,000 tons 
of ore yearly from these mines. 

The yearly output of the district is about 75,000 tons 
of ore, worth something like $4,000,000 at Salt Lake. 
About 45,000 tons of ore are milled yearly by the Ontario 
and the Daly (Marsac) Mills. 



WASATCH COUNTY. 

Blue Ledge District lies on the eastern slope of the div- 
ide between the Provo and the Weber, and is in Wasatch 
County. The Glencoe is at present the leading or most 
promising mine in the district. It consists of a group 
of six or eight claims. In the old workings there was a 
strong continuous vein for 300 feet, but the ore was of 
low grade and carried too much zinc. An adit tunnel 
has been driven in 150 feet below the old workings, 
proving the vein to be much stronger and the ores 
richer and less base than on the level above. The com- 
pany have the past season constructed a large concen- 
trating mill, and the mine has become a regular shipper 
of ore. The property is about two miles a little south 
of east of the Ontario. 

There is valuable property in McHenry Gulch — to- 
wit, the Wilson & Barrett, the Lowell, the McHenry, the 
Hawkeye, the Boulder; and southward of the gulch the 
Free Silver, the Wasatch, and many others. All these 
are groups of from two to a dozen claims, and on some 
of them much heavy and expensive development work 
has been done. The McHenry was worked under lease 
the past season, and several small shipments of high 
grade ore were made. 

Work in this vicinity is for the most part suspended, 
however, pending the excavation of a drain tunnel, the 







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superabundance of water in the ground having ex- 
hausted the operators. The 15th-level Ontario drain 
tunnel is well abreast of these properties now, and 
a thousand feet below them. A branch 2,000 feet long 
would drain them and permit their exploitation. Good 
judges do not doubt that there are great mines on 
McIIenry Gulch, but the ground is broken and thrown 
about bv eruptive dykes, and ore in paying bodies, if it 
exists, probably lies deep like the Consolidated Virginia 
bonanza. 



UTAH COUNTY 

A spur of the Wasatch striking eastwara and then 
northward forms the line in this locality between Sum- 
mit, Wasatch and Utah Counties, and also between 
Uintah, Snake Creek, and Blue Ledge districts, the 
latter in Wasatch, Snake Creek in Utah County 
Headquarters of all these districts, it will be un- 
derstood, is Park City. The mines in Snake Creek 
are about eight miles from Park City over a high 
divide, yet it is the best way out at present. 

The Southern Tier has been opened to a depth of 500 
feet, and some shipments of 150-ounce ore have been 
made. Amongst other groups of claims upon which 
considerable work has been done are the Newell, the 
Steamboat, and the Levigneur claims. The formation 
is mixed and pretty badly broken and tumbled up on 
the surface. Nevertheless the miners are developing 
regular and continuous veins, which produce very good 
ore. There are copper lodes and ledges of marble; and 
at Midway, on the Provo River, in plain sight from the 
mines and not far away, there are hot springs and quite 
an area of the " formation " which in many places these 
hot springs deposit. With a railroad on the Provo 
River, Snake Creek will be heard of to some purpose in 
the mining world. 



A GREAT MINING FIELD. 

Before completing the review of Utah County mines, 
the reader may as well return to Salt Lake City, and 
take a general glimpse of the field. About thirty miles 
east of Salt Lake City, the counties of Salt Lake, 
L^tah, Wasatch and Summit corner at the apex 
of Clayton's peak, in the heart of one of Utah's 
great mining fields. This field is from fifty to one 
hundred square miles in area; its absolute altitude is 
from 7,000 to 11,000 feet, and it is extremely rugged. 
It is here that the Wasatch range is the highest and 
most massive. The formation is quartzite and lime, 
held up on granite shoulders. Much of it has been 
gouged and worn away by erosive agencies. From its 
culmination the water flows in all directions — Ameri- 
can Fork, Little and Big Cottonwood, and Mill Creek 
westward, and small unnamed streams south, north and 
east, into the Provo and the Weber. The western 
limb of it is accessible only via the streams named from 



Salt Lake Valley. The eastern limb is reached by the 
Union Pacific from Echo on the Weber, and also by the 
Utah Central, directly over the Wasatch, through Par- 
ley's Canon and Parley's Park. A rail and tramway 
run to Alta at the head of Little Cottonwood from 
Brigham Junction, which is ten miles south of Salt Lake 
City. A good wagon road runs up American Fork, 
starting; from the town of American Fork, which is 
about thirty miles south of Salt Lake City, to the Miller 
mine, probably 11,000 feet above the sea; and a wagon 
road also runs up Big Cottonwood to the lakes, and, 
crossing the divide, down Thayne's Canon to Parley's 
Park and Park City. The mines pay no attention to 
divides, although these are the boundary lines of 
counties and mining districts. 

The palmy days of the Cottonwoods and of Ameri- 
can Fork passed away a decade since, with the exhaus- 
tion of the surface bonanzas of such famous mines as 
the Emma, Flagstaff, Joab Lawrence, Miller, Prince of 
Wales, Reed & Benson, etc. Work has never ceased 
altogether, however, although it has ceased on hundreds 
of prospects, and on scores of mines. This is due to 
the same incidents that everywhere embarrass mining 
— lack of means being the principal. It takes a mine 
to make a mine, the Spaniards say, and it is true. Some 
of our greatest mines would be as dead and unknown 
as any of the 1,500 patented mines of Utah had they 
not at an early stage passed into the hands of men of 
ample means, men able to put in a good deal of money 
before they took any out. There ought to be 200 pro- 
ducing mines on the Cottonwoods and American Fork, 
and some day there will be. Some accidental strike 
will recall attention to this mining ground, so accessible 
from the valley; men will again flock in there; work 
will be resumed on properties partially developed by 
men full of pluck and with means, and also on the 
merest prospect holes; and more money will, in the 
future, come down these streams in a year than is taken 
at present from all the mines of Utah. Fifty mines 
might be named in the district that need nothing but 
exploitation to become profitable producers. And there 
are four times fifty more, probably equally meritorious, 
which were never worked enough to be known. There 
are about a dozen which are worked in a small way, and 
send out a little ore every season. 

On the eastern side of the field a rich company early 
became engaged in mining, and so there has been no 
abandonment, although this company's was for years 
the only productive property in Summit County. The 
Ontario mine was discovered by the merest accident, 
the turning of a loose cobble-stone of ore in the bushes 
on the side of Ontario Gulch. A narrow little trench a 
few feet long was found to be full of rich ore, and the 
"find" was sold to Hearst, Chambers & Haggin for 
$•30,000. The Ontario Silver Mining Company was 
organized and a great deal of money expended in mill 
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consequence was taken out. The reader of these pages has 
already some idea of what has been done since. If, as we are 
assured by the superintendent, the mill has three more years' 
work above the tenth level, it will have been seventeen years 
exhausting the mine to that level. At the same rate, with the 
loHCT drain tunnel completed and taking the water from the 
fifteenth level, there are eight and a half years' work between 
the tenth and fifteenth levels; and, if the formation continues 
and the vein retains sufficient fertility, it may be worked by 
pumps to the twenty-fifth level seventeen years more, or in all 
forty-two and a half years. Dividends of §900,000 a year 
have been so long paid, that, as has been said, they are looked 
for as confidently as the payment of interest on Govern- 
ment bonds. Forty years of life for such a mine means the 
wresting from that fissure of S'75,000,000, and the payment of 
840,000,000 in dividends. Yet one year the ore ran down to 
167 per ton, and one-fourth of the mine was offered for S375,000 
and after examination declined. And yet again, notwith- 
standing the fact that the first ore taken from the little trench 
spoken of sold in Salt Lake for §245 a ton, the chances are ten 
to one that if the owners had not had unlimited means, this 
unequaled mine, which was naturally a water geyser, would 
have been abandoned the same as the Davenport, or the 
Wellington, or the McHenry, or the Hawkeye, or the Lowell 
were, and as the Crescent, the Woodside, the Wasatch, and a 
hundred other Utah mines at one time or other have been. 

The Daly is a continuation of the Ontario westward, and it 
took four years of outlay to work this mine up to the dividend- 
paying stage. Blind tunnels were run into the banks of the 
gulches, and a shaft put down 500 feet, and levels and cross- 
drifts run, pumps set and compressors and hoisting plant put 
on, and a mill built; and long after that, when dividends had 
begun, a considerable interest in it was offered for sale at the 
rate of $200,000 for the whole. Its total dividends are now 
nearly ten times §200,000, and its life bids fair to extend side by 
side with that of its foster father, the Ontario. 

There are mines still west of the Daly and east of the 
Ontario, and alongside of both, doubtless as good as they are 
It is a wonderful district, full of prospect holes, of tunnels and 
adits and shafts stopped just short of fruition. There was the 
Woodside, abandoned for eight years, then taken up and 
proved a bonanza, and that has revived a whole group of mines 
in the vicinity, and in other localities, and thoroughly broken 
up the superstition that there was but one mine or ore vein in 
the district. The Anchor, the Alliance, the Crescent, the Apex, 
and at least a score of groups within three miles of Park City, 
need nothing but judicious working to make great mines of 
them. 



AMERICAN FORK. 

With all the other mining districts of Utah, American Fork, 
has experienced a resurrection within the past two years. The 
caiion road, cut out by the breaking of a reservoir dam and 
generally out of repair from long disuse, has been thoroughly 
reconstructed. From 100 to 200 men have been kept busy in 



he mines cleaning out and re-timbering old shafts, tunnels 
rifts and winzes, preparatory to further exploitation or the 
extraction of ore. Arrangements have been made to establish 
a very large ore-leaching works at American Fork town, at the 
mouth of the stream and also on the Union Pacific Railway. 

Amongst the mines on which work has been resumed are the 
North Star; the mines of the American Fork Company, known 
as the Flora, New Idea, Osborn, Osborn No. 2, Wild Dutch- 
man, Wild Dutchman Extension, Security; the mines of the 
Treasure Consolidated Company, to-wit: Treasure, Nemo, 
Dolphin, Oliver; the Milkmaid, the Kalamazoo, the Pittsburgh, 
the Chicago, the Superior, and the Silver Bell group. All 
these and many others make a good showing. From most of 
them shipments are occasionally made during the progress of 
mere development work. With the whole creek from Deer 
Creek to Miller Hill, one hive of humming industry, scores of 
mines, whose names are forgotten, and hundreds of discoveries 
will be brought under tribute. 



SALT LAKE COUNTY— BIG COTTONWOOD. 

The mines of Salt Lake County are at Bingham Canon in the 
Oquirrh, and on the Cottonwoods in the Wasatch, both connect- 
ed with the Jordan smelters and with Salt Lake City by rail and 
trainway. Concerning the mines of Little Cottonwood, it may 
be said that the output of the past season was considerably in 
excess of that of the last few years. The developments in the 
Emma and the Flagstaff are more encouraging than at any 
time in the past decade. As much can be said of the City 
Rock, of the Chicago and Superior, of the Montezuma, of the 
Jack Mines; other shippers are the Highland Chief, the Toledo 
dump, the Golconda, the Hoboken, the Toledo, the \'allejo, the 
Peruvian, and the King. Some work is going on in the 
Wellington, the Oxford and Geneva, and a number of new 
prospects have been opened up, which are very promising. 



LITTLE COTTONWOOD. 

This district has a number of good mines, while there are 
many prospects that would become paying properties if suf- 
ficient capital and energy were applied to their development. 

The Maxfield is the leading mine in the matter of output and 
dividends. 

The Reed and Benson in early times turned out $;300,000, but 
the ore pipes, which were followed, made such labyrinthine 
workings that at a depth of about 500 feet work ceased in the 
mine, and a tunnel was driven 2,200 feet on a level 500 feet be- 
low the lowest of the old workings. In this tunnel the old high 
grade ore has been recently struck in small quantity, and it is 
believed that this will lead to the ore pipes abandoned 500 
eet above, when the prosperous days of old, like health after 
long illness, if not like youth after it is passed, will return to 
the mine and its persevering owners. 

Other mines of the district, which are being developed, are 
the Congo, the Queen Bess, the Gipsy-Blair, the old St. Louis 
Tunnel property, the Prince of Wales, etc. Some mining was 
done on Kesler's Peak and on Scott Hill. 



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BINGHAM CANYON. 

We arc now through with our review of the great min- 
eral field east of Salt Lake City in the tops of the Wasatch. 
The scene is transferred to the Oquirrh Range west of Jordan 
\'alley, or to that part of it known either as Bingham Cai'ion 
or West Mountain District, being so much of the eastern 
face of the range as has been cut into a fan-shaped series 
of ravines and ridges by the melting snows which find 
their way out through Bingham Creek. The town of Bing- 
ham, strung along the gulch at the entrance of Carr Fork, 
where the gorge is deepest, is about 26 miles southwest 
of Salt Lake City by rail. In the seventies the bed and sides 
of the gulch wxre burrowed, tunneled and sluiced in many 
places as gold placers, and the end of gold placer mining in 
the gulch has not yet come, if, indeed, the beginning has. The 
great stream of lead silver ores which has flowed out of the 
cafion to the Jordan smelters for '20 years, and which is now 
swelling in volume, will be our tirst theme. In the earlier 
years the output was extraordinary, but when the oxidized ores 
of the surface had been mainly used up, the output fell off to 
a point much below what it is at present, and for the past few 
years it has steadily 'ncreased. The great ore channel of the 
district strikes northeasterly from the summit of the range 
(Oquirrh) about three miles to the valley, crossing upper Bing- 
ham, Bear, Yosemite, and Copper Gulches. Below Bear 
Gulch its course is cut off from the range by Bingham Canon; 
the exposure is to the south, and the ground is comparatively 
dry. The Brooklyn, the Yosemite, the Yosemite No. 2, the 
Miner's Dream, the Wasatch, and the Lead mines are on this 
part of the great ledge or zone. 

The Brooklyn comprises several locations adjoining the Old 
Telegraph on the northeast. The hoisting works and concen- 
trating mill are in Yosemite Gulch, 300 to 400 feet lower than 
the divide between it and Bear Gulch. The main incline is on 
the quartzite footwall, and pitches northwesterly at an angle of 
45 degrees. Fifteen levels have been opened along the foot, 
aggregating in length about four miles. The ore makes in 
pipes or chimneys 100 to l.iO l^et long on the course of the 
ledge, and from 2 to 12 and 20 feet thick. These chimneys or 
pipes go down with slight change on the whole, either in 
dimensions or character of contents. The ores are galena, 
carbonates, and sulphates, 60 per cent, requiring concentration 
to bring it to shipping grade, to-wit — 10 ounces silver and 50 
per cent lead. Concentration is by jigs and tables, and costs 
75 cents to §1 per ton. Three hundred to 600 tons are shipped 
per month by the Brooklyn, and have been the past seven 
years. The vein is regular and well defined on the footwall 
side. The hanging wall, a lime shale, is much less easily lo- 
cated, and is believed to be 400 feet from the footwall. 

The formation is complicated by the existence of the Yosem- 
ite, comprising several locations, on a vein very like the 
Brooklyn, parallel, pitching perhaps 20 per cent. less, and 
400 to 500 feet toward the hanging country, on which the 
workings are extensive both in depth and lineally, although 
less extensive than the workings of the Brooklyn. The works 
are in Yosemite Gulch; the concentrating mill three miles below. 



in Butterfield Cafion. The ground rises each way from Yosem- 
ite Gulch, and a great deal of it is still unexploited. Water 
was struck in the working incline on the 6th level, and the ore 
became pyritous, but down near the 8th level it changed to 
galena carrying 16 ounces and upwards of silver. The Brook- 
lyn also struck water in one of its ore pipes on the 12th level, 
but the lean iron pyrites which came in thereupon gave place 
to galena between the 13th and 14th levels. The Brooklyn 
and Yosemite are now owned by the Lead Co., and their ores 
are run down to the Lead Concentrating Mill on the railway, 
near the mouth of the canon, over a gravity tramway about 
five miles in length. 

In Copper Gulch, half a mile further east, and 200 or 
:i00 feet lower, these two veins are known and worked as the 
Lead and the Yosemite No. 2, and as the Wasatch and the 
Miner's Dream, respectively. They have the same general 
characteristics and yield the same kind and quality of ores 
as the Yosemite and the Brooklyn. The workings in the Lead 
have reached a depth of 1,000 feet. The Wasatch and the 
Miner's Dream are opened by an incline to the depth of 600 
feet, the Yosemite No. 2 by a shaft to the thirteenth level. 

West of the Brooklyn and the Yosemite, in the Old Tele- 
graph on Bear Gulch, where the exposure is to the northward, 
these two veins, if such they are, seem to have become one. 
The clean marketable ore on this property, which is a consoli- 
dation of twenty one locations, reached in places a width of 
nearly '200 feet, and the lean iron pyrites upon which the oxi- 
dized ores bottomed at the level of the bed of the gulch- -here 
and above the true water level- is estimated at three millions 
to five millions of tons. Out of the ridges bordering Bear Gulch 
60,000 to 70,000 tons of oxidized ores, which sold for SI ..5000,00, 
have been taken. 

Still west of the Old Telegraph, in the Spanish, the mineral- 
ized zone is 600 feet wide, the ore making in pipes and kidneys 
of all shapes and dimensions, but with a certain regularity of 
strike and dip. On the surface there was a vast body of oxi- 
dized ores. 

The Jordan lies next west. At its intersection with the 
South Galena and the Utah the oxidized ores of the surface 
worked out a hundred thousand tons, worth §2,000,000, and 
there now- lies in the same vicinity a million tons of S'20 quartz 
in which gold and silver are so combined that no way has yet 
been found to work it without a loss of most of the one or the 
other metal. Four hundred thousand tons of similar material, 
bearing §8 and upwards per ton in gold and about the same in 
silver, constitute a hillside above the bed of Carr Fork on the 
Stewart property, half or three-fourths of a mile north of the 
Jordan, believed by competent geologists to be part of the 
same deposit. On all this upper part of the mineral belt the 
snow-fall is heavy, it melts slowly, sinking instead of running 
off, and the ground appears to be full of water clear up to the 
surface drainage. \t. all events, the surface drainage is the 
line of division between oxidized and base ores. 

The Jordan, the Spanish and the Old Telegraph, were par- 
alyzed for years by the exhaustion of their oxidized ores; but 
as methods have improved work has been resumed, and their 
output is yearly increasing, shipments comprising remnants of 



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surface carbonates, generally' requiring concentration, and 
galena, more or less mixed with iron pyrites, which has to be 
roasted and in much of it the pyrites dressed out. All these 
mines have concentrating mills, in which, by a careful adjust- 
ment of jigs, screens and tables, determined or regulated by 
experimenting, galena and iron pyrites are obtained as sep- 
arate products, cheaply and without great loss. The latter 
generally carries a fair proportion of the silver and has a 
value as fluxing material. 

As has been stated, the deepest workings in the Brooklyn 
and the Yosemite seem to indicate that the pyritous zone is 
less than 200 feet thick, galena predominating below, a galena 
twice as rich in silver as the surface carbonates and sulphates. 
If this prove to be the fact it will lead to deeper workings on 
the upper part of the belt, where the ores appear to be in 
practically unlimited quantity. But if the pyrites persist to the 
deep, the future of the district must mainly depend upon the 
utilization in some manner of the low grade pyritous ores. To 
accomplish this, cheap and perfect ore-dressing, saving of all 
the contents of value, cheaper transportation, cheaper fuel, 
and cheaper labor than are available at present, are indispen- 
sable conditions. 

During the past year the district shared with other Utah 
districts the new activity in mining. More prospecting was 
done than usual, and a number of good "finds" were made in 
hitherto unopened claims. About 200 new locations were 
made. 

A number of groups of claims in Upper Bingham was pur- 
chased by the Niagara Company, organized and managed by 
Mr. P. A. H. Franklin. These purchases include the following: 
namely, the Indiana, the Miller, Idaho, Accident, Silver Plume, 
Red Cloud, Dead Thing, the Utah group of five claims, the 
Spanish. Black Hawk, Bonnie Blue Flag, Murphy, Crescent, 
Canby, Climax, Ajax, Defiance, I'nion, Lady Franklin, (2uaker 
City, Live Pine, St. Marks, Mack S., Alameda, Austin Ray, 
Red Cap, Henrietta, Red Warrior, Portland, Sturgis, Safe- 
Guard, Rupert, Oquille, Dartmouth, Bullion, Ben Bolt, Nia- 
gara, Palon, Dickerman, Ohio, and perhaps half a dozen 
more. Many of these claims have given up great quantities 
of ore, and in many of them there are large bodies of ore ini 
sight. Old openings have been cleared out and re-timbered 
and new works begun, notably a new working shaft in the 
heart of the ground, and a tunnel for drainage and working 
purposes under-running the property for half a mile, from 
;i50 to 1,200 below the surface. A concentrating mill, capacity 
120 tons per day, has been got together and is in operation. A 
verj' [large boarding and lodging house has been built, and 
other necessary conveniences have been supplied. In pur- 
chasing these mines and initiating the new work, s:WJ,000 to 
$400,000 has been expended. Altogether, it is a vast mining 
property, containing, no doubt, millions of tons of ores that 
with means and skill and pluck may be profitably extracted 
and reduced. But the company may have to put in a good 
deal more money in preparatory work before they can take 
out the ores to the best advantage, and it will not do for them 
to cut off the supply because of ever)- flurry in the stock ex- 
changes. This enterprise is business, not speculation. It can 



be made, according to its management, one of the most profit- 
able mines in the world, and of ver\- great benefit to the dis- 
trict and the Territory, or one of the most noted failures 
amongst mining enterprises. 

Amongst other mines in Bingham which are now worked 
under lease or by their owners are the Old Telegraph, 
the Jordan, the South Galena, the W'inamuck & Dixon, the 
Buckeye, the Lucky Boy, the Silver Gauntlet, the Neptune, the 
Live Yankee, the Monitor, the Highland, the York, the Petro, 
the Minnie, the Leonard, the Agnes, the Pisa, the Mary, the 
Morning Star, the Last Chance, the Frisco, the Nast, the Stew- 
arts 1 and 2, the Big Giant, the Little Cottonwood, the Samp- 
son, etc. It is not worth while to try and give an idea of the 
amount and nature of the openings on these mines, or of their 
conditions and prospects. It would but confuse the reader. 
The total output of the district is between :i"),000 and 40,000 
tons of ore per year. 

The mines of the district seem, in general, to be steadily 
improving, both in product and promise. None of them has 
been explored to any depth below water level. Most of them 
are worked by lessees, depend upon their product for develop- 
ment, and even for plant, and are necessarily worked with the 
greatest care and economy. Could this district — and this is 
equally true of all our mining districts command means by 
assessment to outfit and open their minessystematically, as the 
Comstock mines could and did for twenty years, Utah mining 
would enter upon a new era, and our output would be doubled 
twice over. 



TOOELE COUNTY--RUSH VALLEY DIVISION. 

A stub railway, part of the Union Pacific system, runs from 
Salt Lake City west, passing round the end of the Oquirrh Range 
via the lake shore, and bearing southward to within a mile or two 
of Stockton, so far the only mining town of Tooele County. It is 
10 or 12 miles south of Great Salt Lake, and about 40 miles 
from Salt Lake City. The mineral belt, beginning at Stock- 
ton, strikes southerly along the foothills of the western slope 
of the Oquirrh Range, a little diagonally with the range itself, 
throwing it up toward the summit further south, as at Dry 
Canon, Ophir and Lewiston. The belt is a mile or more in 
width. There appear to be two systems of veins at Stockton, 
one striking east and west, in which the main ore bodies make, 
the other north and south, thinner, less persistent, and appar- 
ently feeders. The formation is quartzite and lime, underlaid 
by syenite. Granitic porphyrv- dikes cross and disturb the 
veins. The gangue is oxide of iron, quartz, spath and clay. 
The ore is galena and carbonate free from base metals and 
very desirable as a flux for dr^er ores. The ore makes in well- 
defined pipes or chimneys, of which there may be five or six 
in the course of a thousand linear feet. The water level is 700 
or 800 feet below the surface. None of the mines appears to 
have gone below it as yet. 

Several incorporated companies and sundr)' individuals are 
working and developing more or less promising properties 
about Stockton, and the business and its returns are steadily 
increasing. The output from these mines and from those of 
Ophir and Dry Canon, lying along the range a little south, is 



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from 5,000 to 10,000 tons a year. Most of the mines are worked 
under lease. The Honerine is perhaps the leading mine at 
Stockton. Formerly it earned dividends, but in the past year 
work upon it was slack. An adit tunnel, 3,000 
feet long, was deemed necessary to its further economical 
working; the company started this tunnel in 1888, 
but soon ceased work. Lately the work has been resumed. 
The mine is a bedded vein in magnesian limestone, crossed by 
dikes of porphyry and a series of thin fissure veins. It is 
equipped with steam hoist and is opened to the water level, 
about 800 feet, by working incline and levels 100 feet apart. 
Only 3 per cent, of the ore is shipped as mined; this is 64 per 
cent, lead and contains 34 ounces silver per ton and a little 
gold. Ninety-seven tons out of a hundred are run through jigs 
at a cost of one dollar per ton, and dressed down to 26 tons of 
concentrates, which is 53 per cent, lead and contains 23 ounces 
silver per ton and one dollar in gold. 



DRY CAXOX. 



At Dry Canon leasers and part owners are exploiting and 
extracting ore of good quality from a group of claims con- 
sisting of the Brooklyn, Elgin, Belfast, and Trade Wind. 
The owner of Mono has a tunnel whicli will strike the 
ledge at the depth of 1,200 feet, driven in 1,750 feet, nearly 
to its objecti\-e point. The Mono turned out a good deal of 
exceedingly rich ore from its surface bonanza, but it has long 
laid idle. The owners of the Hoistead, having settled some 
questions as to title, have resumed work on that valuable 
property. 

OPHIR. 

At Ophir there is a resurrection from the dead. The 
Ophir Hill mining Company own the Miners' Delight, 
literally a mountain of low grade ore, to concentrate which 
they have completed a mill capable of handling 150 tons a 
day. A hoist has been put up on the mine, operated by com- 
pressed air from the mill, which is 650 feet below the mill. 
The air is carried up in pipes and the ore dropped down on a 
tramway, a distance of 2,300 feet. The mine is an old one; it 
has long beefi worked under lease, and is not in very good 
shape. Righted up, it is expected to last the life of a gener- 
ation. 

The Utah Gem is a contact between lime and slate shale, 
about 12 feet thick, fed by a series of stringers from the 
footwall country. The ore makes in pipes, and can be selected 
to a very high grade. Mr. L. E. Holden, the owner, has put on 
a 10-stamp mill, and the last year milled 1,000 tons, saving 70 
per cent, of the 25 ounces of silver in the rock; and shipped to 
market 150 tons of 140-ounce ore. There will be increased 
activity this year and a much larger output. 

The Monarch and Northern Light, long dormant on account of 
litigation, have become regular shippers of high-grade ore. 
The vein is large, dips to the southwest about 30 degrees, and 
is opened to a depth of 900 feet. The ore in the Monarch is a 
milling ore; in the Northern Light, a lead carbonate contain- 
ing chloride. 

The Buckhorn group has passed into the hands of a com- 



pany, and is to be systematically worked. It shipped about 
1,000 tons of ore the past year. The company intend to erect 
a new concentrating mill near the town of Ophir, the old mill 
on the hill being no good. 

Besides these properties there are the North Star, with a 12- 
foot vein of ore; the Gladstone, the Chance, the Forest Group, 
all eligibly located, and, with scores and hundreds of others, 
awaiting the application of capital to make them contributors 
to the wealth of the whole country. 

The lack of railway transportation is the only drawback to 
the prosperity of Ophir, and south along the range through 
either Boulder or Twelve-mile Pass, to Eureka, Silver City 
and then due west through West Tintic, Desert, Death Canon, 
Dugway, Fish Springs, Clifton and Deep Creek, there are 
mines to be served (at intervals) the entire distance. These 
mines will remain dead as they are now until money can be 
obtained to open them. The money will come with the rail- 
way, and it will not go far in advance of the railway after low 
grade ores. 

Undoubtedly the Lhiion Pacific Co. should extend the Stockton 
line along the west base of the Oquirrh to the vicinity of 
Tintic, and then build west as per above itinerary. Should 
they do so they would have all the business between Salt Lake 
City and Deep Creek within a year or two that a first-class 
line could do. Beyond Deep Creek, the L^nion Pacific Com- 
pany is aware, from its own investigation, that a railway would 
have all it could do, almost from the day of its opening. It is 
the stretch between Salt Lake City and Nevada of which the 
Company is doubtful. The capacity of this stretch of country 
to develop railroad business, if the route above suggested be 
taken, has no doubt been underestimated by even the most 
persistent promoters of a railway to the Deep Creek border. 



PIUTE COUNTY— MARYSVALE. 

This is the mining town of Piute County. It is 17 miles 
above Monroe, on the Sevier, about 30 miles from Salina, 
the nearest railway station. This was one of the first min- 
ing districts organized in LTtah, and nearly 20 years ago 
wagon trains of Marysvale ores were not an unusual sight 
in .Salt Lake City. Distance from railroads proved too much 
for it, however, and for many years the district was all but 
abandoned. A few persevering men stuck through lone- 
some times, and now are receiving their rew-ard. Within the 
past year two or three gold mines have been opened and 
mills put on, and at this writing they are making their first 
trial runs on the quartz. One of the veins is described as 
porphyritic granite, very large, and having a stratum of ver>' 
rich milling rock 3 to 8 feet wide. The absolute altitude of 
this mine is 9,000 feet above sea. Another one of these veins 
is white quartz, which will mill $20 per ton, 25 feet wide. The 
Homestake and Webster was the leading mine in the olden 
time. It is a very strong vein of low grade ore. Amongst the 
noted mines, old and new, are the Apex, the Angel, the Holder- 
man, the Star, the No You Don't, the Hidden Treasure, the 
Pearl and the Hard Cash, the Gold Belt, the Gold Belt Exten- 
sion, the Giles, the Giles Extension, the Alma, the Triangle, 
the Plata da Mina, the Deer Trail, the Crystal, the Clyde, the 



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Copper Belt, the Crown Point. A good deal of work has been 
done on these mines through the years of waiting, and occas- 
ional shipments of ores show the latter to be of good quality. 
A writer on the ground has this to say: 

" The district needs mills, reduction works, and, more than 
all else, a railroad. Here are such facilities for development 
as are afforded by no other district in the Territory. Wood, 
not only firewood, but the best of timber and of nut pine and 
mahogany for charcoal, is on every claim. Wood for timber- 
ing is delivered at the mine for $2 a cord. Lumber is cheap, 
with a saw mill in every canon. Here is water and here are 
waterfalls furnishing a power that would turn every spindle in 
Lowell and Fall River, and this power is going to waste. 
Here, in the wide valley, are acres and acres of hay and grain 
that need a market. Here are vegetable gardens and young 
orchards, and the grassy hills are covered with live stock. 
The cost of living is a mere bagatelle compared with that in 
Tintic and Pioche. The winters are short and are much 
milder than in Salt Lake or Utah ^'a^cys. The deep, rugged 
and heavily-timbered canons, with roaring brooks and pictur- 
esque cascades, remind one of the beautiful California camps 
that lie high up in the Sierra, on the head-waters of the Ameri- 
can, Yuba and Feather Rivers. And the precious metals are 
here. Some of the prospects are certain to develop into rich 
mines, while other prospects are as sure to prove valueless. 
Prospecting is only in its infancy. Bullion and Cottonwood Caii- 
ons have been examined in a superficial manner, and the claims 
that have been located give every indication of vast mineral 
wealth, but Beaver Canon, just north of Bullion, and the rugged 
gulches of Baldy give the miner, who thoroughly understands 
his business, every inducement to prospect, and the lucky 
men who come first will do more than make a mere 'grub- 
stake.' With good ore in sight and the permanent character 
of a lode determined, capital will not need a second invitation 
to assist in developing the latent resources of the Marysvale 
mining camp." 

WASHINGTON COUNTY— SILVER REEF. 

The zone of silver-bearing sandstone which crops out in 
the reef in Washington County is from ten to one hundred 
feet thick; it conforms to the stratification, dips fifteen or 
twenty degrees from the horizontal, is overlaid by clay shale 
and red sandstone and underlaid by white sandstone. With- 
in this zone the pay-rock occurs in well-marked bodies 
of shoots, usually small in dimensions, but sometimes extend- 
ing from sixty to two hundred feet on the strike, and from 
one hundred to three hundred feet on the dip of the forma- 
tion. These bodies or shoots may be separated by barren 
ground; oftener they are connected by irregular stringers 
of pay-rock. With the exception of where it is associated 
with the silicified remains of organic matter — reeds, rushes, 
trunks and leaves of trees — the pay-rock is plain sand- 
stone, undistinguishable by the eye from the ordinary material 
of the reef. The silver is mainly in the form of chloride, and 
the rock contains on the average twenty ounces per ton, SO per 
cent, of which is obtained by wet crushing and pan amalgama- 
tion with salt and bluestone. It is easily crushed, a5-stamp mill 



reducing thirty to forty tons in twenty-four hours. Total cost 
of mining and milling is about SIH per ton. The Christy and 
the Stormont Companies, which divide between them the best 
of the ground so far as known, have with fifteen stamps and 
pans, in proportion, taken out •">,000,0()0 ounces of fine silver in 
the past twelve years. 

These companies both closed down a year or two since, and 
many of the miners left for other parts. Messrs. Woolley, 
Lund & Judd leased the properties, and the past year 60,000 
ounces of silver were taken out. The condition of the mines 
is said to be improving. 

OVER THE LINES— PIOCHE. 

Pioche is reached to best advantage from the terminus of 
the LInion Pacific at Milford, and so is Osceola, the former 
south, the latter west, of Milford, in Nevada. At Pioche work 
on the mines during the past two or three years was more in 
the line of development — of opening ore bodies, and in other 
ways preparing for steady shipments, than in stoping or mak- 
ing a showing in the way of output. The Pioche and the 
Yuba Companies were consolidated, as the Pioche Consolidat- 
ed. Tliey own several large groups of mines, comprising 
most all the old producers of note — the Raymond & Ely, 
Meadow Valley, Mazeppa, Newark, American Flag, Hillside, 
and Day — together witli a number of newly discovered mines 
— Half Moon, Mendha, and Onondaga. The Company have 
expended half a million dollars in the purchase and develop- 
ment of mines, in surface improvement and reduction works, 
and in ore reduction. A second .50-ton furnace was built the 
past season and made a successful run. The ores are well 
adapted to smelting. With the Lhiion Pacific extended from 
Milford, the district would be as lively and populous as in the 
palmy days of the Raymond & Ely and the Meadow Valley. 

As soon as the railroad reaches Pioche the Salt Lake Smelt- 
ing interests will be greatly benefited by the superior fluxing 
ores of that region. The lime ores especially are an import- 
ant feature, as that is the character of flux in ores now lacking 
in Utah. A regular supply of this ore would save the quarry- 
ing and smelting of barren limestone in Salt Lake, and there- 
by cheapen smelting and help keep ores there for treatment 
that are at present being shipped east. This lime ore exists 
at Pioche in apparently inexhaustible quantities. ProL George 
W. Maynard estimates the reserves of the lime fluxing ore 
in the Day mine at 482,000 tons. The ore is a mineralized 
limestone, being about two-thirds carbonate of lime, with the 
remaining one-third made up mostly of oxides of iron and 
manganese. It contains only 3 per cent, silica, and carries 
about 3 per cent, lead and twenty ounces silver per ton. 



OSCEOLA. 



The Osceola Gravel Company early in 1890 completed their 
ditch. It is 183^ miles long, and has a capacity of 2,500 miners' 
inches, or 40,000,000 gallons per 24 hours. The ditch has a 
fall of 16 feet per mile. The old ditch, brought from the 
opposite side of Wheeler's Peak, is about 17 miles long, 
and has a capacity of about 2,000 inches. The two ditches 
delivering water in the same gulch furnish a great sup- 




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ply. Washing begins in March and continues to December. 
In operation two monitors are run at a time, there being two 
nine-inch and one seven-inch. Fifteen men are employed 
during the season in the mine. This gravel bar has been pros- 
pected over hundreds of acres, and estimated to average 17 
cents gold per cubic yard, but in operating it has run as high 
as "27. In starting, the gravel was thin, but going upward 
gained in depth until the face of the bank is now 92 feet high. 
Water is sent against this bank under a pressure of the mon- 
itors of 225 feet. The bed-rock flume or sluiceway is four feet 
wide and four feet deep, and runs full most of the time. This 
is about :W feet long. The old ditch supplies power for 
operating a 2,000-candle power electric dynamo to furnish 
light for the workmen at night, and then this water goes back 
into the ditch to help wash out the gold. The company does 
not give out the results of its work. A §2,000 nugget, recently 
unearthed, the Company was not disposed to hide under a 
bushel, and it was exhibited in Salt Lake. 



ORE PRODUCTS OF 1890. 

The output of ore and concentrates for the year, by counties, 
is as follows: 



Counties. 

Beaver.. 

Jnab _ 

Snmmit («,887 tons milled i 

Otah.... 

Sultl^ke 

Tooele (Thinl Term, Mine, l.UUUj . 
Washington (milled) ._ 



Toils, 
21,10() 
.69,857 
.76,516 
.. 300 
.36,062 
.. 5,219 
.. 1,600 



Total. 



.... 210,654 

Six thousand tons of iron were shipped from Tintic for flux- 
ing purposes. 

The output of 1891 is not yet made up, but it is estimated to 
considerablv exceed that of 1890. 



COST OF MINING AND MILLING. 

This varies greatly with circumstances. At the Ontario it is 
something less than s:W per ton; at the Daly it is given at $26; at 
the Horn Silver in 188;{-84 it was about S26. These figures in- 
clude all cost for the year, maintenance of plant, dead work, in- 
cidental expense, but not, of course, original cost of plant and 
opening of the mine. At Silver Reef, cost of mining and milling 
is §13 to $15. The mass of Utah low grade ores requires concen- 
tration, but this costs only about §1 per ton. For every ton of 
concentrates, however, three tons of ores must be mined and car- 
ried to the concentrator. Bingham and Stockton and Ophir are 
the low grade districts; Park city also in part. Part of the low 
grade ores have to be roasted, the lumps in out-of-door heaps, the 
fine in reverberatory or revolving roasters. The ores milled 
at the Ontario and Daly have to be roasted and chloridized, 
while the dry ores of Tintic must pay heavy working charges. 
The figures given are the cost figures of mines varying widely 
as to location, natural conditions- as dimensions of vein or ore 
bodies, water, distance from market, etc. — grade and nature of 
ores, appliances and processes of reduction. But doubtless s;iO 
per ton amply covers the cost of extraction and reduction of 
all Utah ores. 



SAMPLING AND SMELTING. 

There are 13 sampling mills in Utah— one at the Horn Sil- 
ver mine, one at Milford,one at Tintic, five at Sandy and vicin- 
ity, three at Park City, and one in Salt Lake. Together they 
sampled in 1891 about 150,fX)0 tons of ore. Ordinarily, only the 
fifth or tenth sack of a lot of ore is sampled, and the cost is §1 
per ton for the whole of it. Where the whole is sampled, the 
charge is §4 per ton. The sampler crushes the ore to the size 
of peas, thoroughly mixes, and sends sealed packages to the 
assayers, upon whose certificates it is bought and sold. 

In the Jordan valley, six to twelve miles south of Salt Lake 
City, on the railroads, are the Utah smelters, four or five dif- 
ferent concerns, comprising about a dozen stacks. Those in 
blast at present are the Germania, three stacks, three revolving 
roasters and one large reverberatory; the Hanauer,4 stacks and 5 
roasters; the Mingo, 4 stacks and 6 reverberatories; the three 
plants valued at §-500,000. Together they keep 7 or 8 stacks 
pretty steadily in blast, and employ about ;550 men at an aver- 
age wage of §65 per month. Their output for the year 1890 
was as follows: 







Tons. 




OCNOES. 


WOUKS. 


Bullion. 


Kef. Lead. 


Cop. Jlatte. 


Gold. 


SUver. 




4,120 
3,612 
5.037 




397 

sot 

265 


4,170 
3.728 
I2,{IS7 


710.2.'iO 

41S.526 

1.2«l.SWi 




2,941 


Mingo. 




Totals 


12.769 


2,911 


966 


20.885 


2,390,772 



The Mingo used materials as follow: Ore, matte, flue-dust 
and slag smelted, 46,903 tons: 

Fluxes:— 

Iron ore, 3,874.4 tons, cost $17,434.«« 

Scrap iron, 639.7 " " ._ 8,9,V>.MI 

Limestone, 10,387 " " 18,177.25 

Fuel:— 

Coke and charcoal, 10,781 tons, coi-t $116,748.29 

Coal and slack, 4,973.5 " " 16,649.27 

L.\BoR:— 

65.000.00 

$2(2,965.41 

At the rate of §5.18 per ton of ores smelted, and §:l?.93 per 
ton of all the materials smelted, these figures in 1887 were 
respectively §8.70. and §5.70. There has consequently been a re- 
duction in cost of smelting, between 1887 and 1890, of :^0 to 40 per 
cent. Valuing the bullion at §50 a ton, the gold at §20 an ounce.the 
silver at §1.05 an ounce, and the copper matte at 10 cents per 
pound, the ore run through by the Mingo contained §40 a 
ton. 

About one-fourth of the LUah ores were shipped out of the 
Territory for reduction. There is a good opening at Salt Lake 
for a great smelting works. 

The output of these smelters has averaged about the same 
as above for the past 10 or 15 years. It will not vary greatly 
from it, either way, for 1891. 



RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS, 1891. 

For the first eleven months of 1891 receipts of ores and bul- 
lion at Salt Lake were: Of ores, §4,564,786; of bullion, §4,873,- 
253; of both, §9,428,039. Shipments of minerals out from Salt 



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Lake were: of bullion, 698 cars, weight, "22,165,717 lbs.; of re- 
fined lead, 189 cars, weight, 5,238,655 lbs.; of copper matte, 68 
cars, weight, 2,607,830 lbs.; of silver lead ores, 3,119 cars, 
weight, 123,649,574 lbs.; total, 4,074 cars, weight 153,656,7 lbs. 

The output of the Ontario for the eleven months was $1,556,- 
565.94; of the Daly. §564,474.29. 



Mining in Q?neral. 



In the following statements of product, the year 1890 is 
necessarily considered, the figures for 1S91 not yet being made 
up. The output for 1891 will not materially differ from that of 
1890, however. 



COAL. 



Utah contains a great variety of minerals besides those 
involved in silver mining, to-wit: Silver, gold, lead and 
copper. Coal occurs on both fronts of the Wasatch, and of 
the High Plateaus almost the entire length of the Territory. 
The coal measures underlie an area of many thousand square 
miles; probably 2,000 that are available. At all events, there 
is enough to meet any possible demand for generations. We 
should be mining four times as much as we are but that the 
Union Pacific largely supplies LTtah from Wyoming. 

The Pleasant Valley Company mined in 1890 at Scofield and 
at Castle Gate, both within 115 miles of Salt Lake City, on the 
line of the Rio Grande Western, 224,487 tons; and made at 
Castle Gate, where they have put in 80 coke ovens, 7,778 tons 
of coke. The latter is sold to the Salt Lake smelters at S8.50 
per ton. This coke has not, as yet, quite the requisite tough- 
ness, at least for iron smelting; but they are studying it and 
experimenting with it, and will no doubt overcome this defect 
in time. 

The Union Pacific own coal mmes in Pleasant Valley (Sco- 
field), from which in 1890 they mined — of commercial coal, 
88,000 tons, and probably as much more for their own use; 
making in all about 200,000 tons. 

The Home Coal Company raised and sold in 1890 from 
their own mines on the Weber, near Coalville, 35,206 tons, and 
the Chalk Creek Company, from mines also near Coalville, 
raised and sold 1,200 tons in 1890; making a total output of 
about 460,000 tons; worth, at the mines, $2 per ton. Salt Lake 
City consumed 88,400 tons. 



SUNDRY MINERALS. 

There are deposits of brimstone near the mouth of Cove 
Creek, about thirty miles east of Black Rock Station, on 
the LTnion Pacific Railway. This deposit is supposed to be 
practically inexhaustible. There is a deposit at Hilliard, 
another about twelve miles from Frisco, and still others. 

Ninety miles from Juab Station, on the LInion Pacific Rail- 
way, up the Sevier River, at a place called Antimony, deposits 
of antimony ores were formerly worked. Such as could be 
reduced without concentrating were exhausted; in the con- 
struction of concentrating works costly mistakes were made; 
the company's money gave out and work ceased. The anti- 



mony turned out was of extraordinary purity, and with railway 
facilities operations may be resumed. There are said to be 
available deposits of antimony ores in other parts of the Terri- 
tory, especially in Boxelder Canon. 

Quicksilver ores are found at Marysvale, and also at Lewis- 
ton. Bismuth occurs in Beaver County, east of Milford, and 
also in spots in some of the mines of Tintic. Copper ores are 
found at Bingham, at Tintic, in North Star, near Frisco, on the 
Cottonwoods, in Lucin District, Boxelder County, at Deep 
Creek, all over the Territory in fact. 

IRON ORES. 

Iron ores are found about Ogden, in Morgan, Boxelder, 
Cache, Salt Lake, Tooele, Juab, and Iron Counties. The iron 
mines above Willard furnished ores for fluxing purposes in 
early times. For many years 6,000 to 12,000 tons have been 
yearly drawn from Tintic by the smelters for fluxing silicious 
ores. The deposits in Iron County, about 300 miles south of 
Salt Lake City, are amongst the noted deposits of the world; 
at least, they are so considered by authorities on the subject. 

They are scattered about in a belt two miles wide by sixteen 
miles long, in number about .50, and with very little work done 
on them show about three million tons of ore in sight. Twenty- 
three samples taken by an iron expert, known to the writer, 
showed upon analysis an average of 65.98 per cent, metallic 
iron, .042 per cent, phosphorus, no trace of titanic acid, prac- 
tically no copper, and a residue, mostly silica, of 3.6 per cent. 
In some of the samples there was a little carbonate of lime and 
also manganese. Following are the best samples so far as 
absence of phosphorus is concerned: 



ORE IN SIGHT. 


Met. Iron. 


Phosphorus. 


Kesidne. 


100x3S feet ... 


67.2 
63.8 
68.8 
69.1 
62.3 
68.9 
69.5 
69.0 
67.2 


.100 
.016 
.041 
.044 
.005 
.055 
.034 
.011 
.049 


2.2 


85,714 tons 


4.5 


20,857 tons 


1.9 


8,571 tons 


1.1 


41,428 tons 


6.8 


1,535,569 tons 


2.8 


31,546 tons . . . 


2.2 


71,471 tons 


2.5 


34,286 tons 


4.3 







These figures need no comment. 

SALT DEPOSITS. 

Deposits of rock salt, some of them quite pure, are found 
near Nephi, on Salt Creek, and also near Salina, and in other 
localities. It is useful in its crude state for feeding stock, chloro- 
dizing silver ores, and may be refined and put to all kinds of 
use. Great Salt Lake is an inexhaustible storehouse of com- 
mon salt, and, the chemists say, of a variety of sulphates, 
borates and bromides, from which may be manufactured salt 
cake, epsom and glauber salts, soda ash, bi-carbonate of soda, 
caustic soda, and sal-soda. 



HYDRO-CARBONS. 
Curious and valuable hydro-carbons are found in the 
L^intah-White Basin, and about the Pleasant Valley Divide. 
A company with headquarters at P. V. Junction is mining 
for ozokerite (paraffine). So far the mineral has not been 
found in large quantity. It occurs in seams, bunches and 




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;-. -^»j.-V*-v ^-* 



Stringers, where the inateri;i! has been raii<;ht when in a voUi- 
tile state and held till it condensed into a solid. 

Gilsonite or Uintahite occurs in the bad lands of the lower 
Duchesne and the lower White, in veins or lodes strikinjj straight 
through the sandstone formation, standing vertically, thirty 
inches to twenty feet thick, clean, black, and. when lirst broken, 
lustrous as jet. It is 99^ per cent, asphalt, with the oils dried 
out. Most of the known veins are on the Indian Reservations, 
but one of them has been set off by .\ct of Congress, and is 
owned and w-rought by a St. Louis company. It is used, as yet 
mainly for varnishes, but it is expected that more extended 
use will be found for it. 

On the Green River and eastward, asphalt, and oil with an 
asphalt base, exude in places and form deposits said to be not 
unlike the asphalt lake at Trinidad. Prof. Newberry is of the 
opinion that this is a petroleum region. I'etroleum, he main- 
tains, is derived from the spontaneous distillation of hydro- 
carbons, and as the Colorado group east of the Wasatch con- 
sists of bituminous shales 1,500 to 2,500 feet thick, gas and oil 
springs are to be expected. The gilsonite and the ozokerite 
Prof. Xewberry refers to this distillation. It is probable, he 
says, that these residual products of the liquid hydro-carbons 
evolved from the shales, as well as petroleum, will become 
important items of export from this region. 

A kindred substance to these, which Prof. Blake, of New 
Haven, names ■' Wurtzilite," has been found about the divide 
between the Strawberry and the Price, close up to the Wasatch 
Range. Before it could be located, and its extent ascertained, 
it was discovered that it was mainly on the Indian Reservation, 
and prospectors were warned away. It is of no use to the 
Indians, neither is the extremely high and broken country 
where it is found. The latter should be restored to the public 
domain, so that the arts may have the benefit of this material 
if it can be used. Its mode of occurrence is somewhat like 
that of ozokerite, but is more plentiful. 



BUILDING STONE. 
Structural, fertilizing, and abrasive materials of every 
variety, and adapted to all uses, are found all over Utah, 
and generally convenient to the valleys where the people 
live. A number of stone quarries have recently been 
opened. The Diamond, Kyune and Castle Stone Company 
worked cjuarries of brown sandstone at Diamond, and of gray 
sandstone at Kyune, and at Castle Gate, all on the line of the 
Rio Grande Western. Their shipments for 1890 were 1,298 
cars. Twenty cars went to Seattle, Wash., 20 cars to Logan, 
15 cars%) Milford, 4 cars to Nephi, 1.54 cars to Ogden; Salt 
Lake City used the remainder, 1,080 cars. Cubes of these 
stones, tested at the Illinois State University, cracked — the 
gray Kyune stone under a ten-minute pressure of lfi,0<)() pounds 
per scpiare inch, and broke under the same of 20,800 pounds; 
the brown Diamond stone cracked under a pressure of 30,000 
pounds, and broke under a pressure of :$4,.>j0 pounds. Twelve 
cubic feet of these two kinds of stone weigh one ton. Excel- 
lent foundation and dimension stone is brought into Salt Lake 
City from the adjoining cafions and from Parley's Park. All 
the larger towns of the Territory find the best of building 



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stone, and, it may be added, the best of clay, except kaolin, 
at their doors, so to speak. Lithographic stone of good 
quality, marbles, gypsum, slate, the materials for the manu- 
facture of glass and of Portland cement, rock rich in asphalt, 
limestone for building and for fluxing ores — these materials 
arc found in many places in the Territory. A gypsum mill near 
Nephi is sending plaster to various points on the Pacific 
Coast. Salt is made and gathered on the shelving shores of 
Great Salt Lake and supplies the chloridizing silver mills of 
I'tah, Montana, Idaho, and part of Nevada. Natural 
gas is struck by wells anywhere on the shores of Great Salt 
Lake; in Corinne, Ogden, Salt Lake City, and between them. 
Companies are boring to the deep at Ogden and Salt Lake 
City to find it under pressure and inexhaustible. A com- 
pany is boring for oil on Green River, and meeting with 
encouraging signs. 



Appendix to MiniiiJ!: in Vtali. 

I NiiTK. -The writer is indebted to the New Year's Salt Lake 
Tribune for the following statements.] 

Tiiitic Ore Sliipincnts for tSi»l. 

Mines. Tons. 

Bullion-Beck & Champion 23,885 

Kun-ka Hill 19,400 

CaroliiiP 7,600 

MauHiioth, iirst-class 6,550 

I^lainiiiolh, second-i'lass 3,000 

('cntKiiuial Kureka 3,473 

I)r;iK()n Iron 13,000 

(iiMiiini 3,000 

'IVi-asuri' 570 

Sioux yroup 500 

Northern Spy 530 

Suutli Swansea 190 

Sunbeam 142 

Swansea 117 

Umiine 105 



North Snir 


82 


(iuui Drop...,. 


47 


Brooklyn 


40 


Tesora ..... 


39 


Buloher Boy 

(lovernor . 


3H 

30 




28 


(iray ttoek . 


S3 




28 


Estella 


17 


Cleveland 

Uisiug Sun . . ,. 


12 

10 




9 


Eagle 


7 


Lucky Star 


6 


Amazon 


4 


Showers . ...... 


3 




3 


.\laska ... . - ... 


.- ..... 3 


Excelsior 


3 


Joe Daly 


,.. 8 


Park 


2 


Golden Star . .. ..... 


1 


Kini; Jamefl. 


, 1 


Sundry lots . .. . ... 


91 







Total 82.400 



Uin^liam Ore Shliiiiifnts, Year ls!M. 

Mines. Tumi. 

Old Jordan & South Galuua Mining Co 30,000 

BnMiklyn Lead Company. 9,500 

York 7,429 

retro 5,984 

Old Telegraph 4,729 

Highland 3,127 

SjunpHon 3,000 

Vosemiie No. 2 2,S.'>8 

Yowmite No. 1. 1,281 

Benton 770 

RouKli and Reedy 885 

Spanish 879 

Lucky Boy 500 

Stewart 315 

l^'iinifton 267 

Tiawnukie 222 

McAllister 210 

Nnst 21.1 

PealxKly li« 

Live Pine 160 

Peterson 1.>I 

Niagara 182 



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Eckman 170 

Ked Warrior -_ 106 

M .— 102 

North Last Chance Ill 

WeUa... 113 

Saturn 109 

Excelsior 98 

Leonard 96 

North Chief.. 91 

Sundown 88 

Alex 64 

Neptune .^7 

Last Chance 54 

Ijive Yankee 54 

.Vini'ricjiii Flag 55 

TlioiiKis IVlls 55 

Utali Concentrates 55 

U &I 50 

Burrows 43 

W.Watson 43 

Sappington.. 42 

Castro 41 

Hoadley 37 

Vespasian 40 

SUver Shield 37 

Frisco 39 

Aladdin 33 

Pairview 30 

Brink 27 

Samples 25 

Steamboat 27 

Hart 28 

Markham 29 

Anderson 22 

Morris 22 

Hicks 22 

Germania 20 

Eagle Bird.... 21 

Ashton 20 

T. H. B 19 

Eyer 18 

Bullion 15 

Bemis 15 

H. &B 14 

Delaware 14 

Rippeto 13 

Montezuma 18 

Ripper 12 

Miller _ 11 

Diamond 10 

Ophir 10 

Idaho 9 

Ashland 9 

Harrison 8 

Mayberry 7 

Indiana 5 

Sundry small lots and ores crushed... 266 

Total tons 74,600 



Ophir, Dry Canon, and Stockton Ore Shipments, 1S!>1, 

Mines. Tons. 

Op)iir Hill Mining Company 8,094 

Northern Light.. 328 

Bullion 218 

liiuik.T Hill 250 

Lrwil T.-iMlor 242 

( lilori.lr i'oint 125 

Ulah (,liii.|.n 125 

llin.i's II. -light (lease) 116 

(iray l!.,i-k 101 

Buckhurn 99 

Alexander 87 

Hidden Treasure 70 

Tip Top 62 

Eighth January 44 

Chicago 44 

Brooklyn 34 

Hercules 20 

Utah Gem 31 

Gray Carbonate . 19 



East Argent 18 

Iron Slag 16 

Ophir 14 

Total .10,155 

LITTLE COTTONWOOD ORE SHIPMENTS IN 1891. 

Mines. Tons. 

FlagBtaflf 650 

Emma 350 

Montezuma 2>0 

City Rocks 170 

Brant A Burmester 30 

Toledo 25 

Golconda 15 

McKay and Revolution 15 

Greeley 12 

Peruvian 10 

Johnson 7 

Jack... 4 

Moltke 4 

SOver Cliff _ 3 

Rough and Ready 2 

Total _. 1,517 

Big Cottonwood ore shipments for 1891, mainly from the 
Maxwell mine, were 1,200 tons. 



Parlv City Ore Outpnt, 1831. 

Ores shipped to smelters, tons, 

Ores milled by the Ontario and the Marsac mil 



38,412 
58,494 



Total, --------- 96,906 

Shipments of ore from Frisco and Milford, Beaver County, 
mainly from the Horn Silver mine, were -2,100 tons. 

At Silver Reef, the Barbeemill ran 50 days, and the Christie 
mill 40 days, 17 men employed at each. Three to four thous- 
and tons from the Thompson & McNally, California, Last 
Chance, Buckeye, Neutral. Tecumseh, Stormy King, and 
Leeds, were milled, producing 49,540 ounces of silver, and $4.50 
worth of matte. 

The Dixie Mining Co. took out 350 tons of first-class copper 
ore from their property in the Beaver Dam Mountain, 18 miles 
southeast of St. George. They put up a small stack at St. 
George and ran out about 100 tons of bullion, 90 fine. The ore 
shipped sells for §1.75 per unit. 

Total Output of Ore, 1891. 

Districts. Tons. 

Park City 96,906 

Tintic 82,400 

Bingham 74,600 

Frisco 22,100 

Stockton 11,350 

Silver Reef 3,500 

Old Telegraph works. West Jordan, slimes and 

slag 3,400 

Mercnr Company, Camp Floyd 3,000 

Little Cottonwood 1,547 

Big Cottonwood 1,5,50 

Marysvale 975 

Fish Sjirings 680 

Dixie IMining Company 650 

La Pl.ata... 280 

Dugway 250 

Victoria, Uintah County 150 

American Fork,. 112 

Grantsville - _. 50 

Spring Creek 20 

Total 303,520 



WELLS, FARGO & CO.'S STATEMENT OF THE MINERAL PRODUCT OF UTAH IN 1891. 




Lbs. of 
Copper. 


Lbs. 

Lead 

Refined. 


Lbs. 

Lead 

Unrefined. 


Ozs. 

Silver in 

Bars. 


Ozs. Silver 

in Base 

Bullion & 

Ores. 


Ozs. 
Gold. 

in 
Bars. 


Ozs. 

Gold 

in 

Bullion 

& Ores. 


Germanifi Lead works 


305,000 
350,000 
901,630 


6,170,000 


8,343,000 
11,010,000 
11,887,965 
2,682,376 
8,856,832 


580,000 


253,100 
M.M.ino 
l,i>)2.774 
397,551 
949,415 
2,089 


4,135 

" 7io 

"""75 


1,096 

6,611 

9,744 

498 

918 


HaL'uuer Smelter 

Mingo Smelting Company 

Daly Mining Company 

rtntario Silver Mining Co 

Silver Heef District 

Other Mines and Placers 








850,000 

814,485 

49,540 

5,000 






279,430 


















1,836,060 


6,170,000 


32,780.173 
47.576,855 


2,299.025 


3,516,329 
3,099,869 


4,920 


18,867 
12,373 


Contents Ores Shipped 


Totals 


1,836,060 


6,170,000 


80,356,528 


2,299,025 


6,616,198 


4,920 


31,240 








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KKOAPITULATION. 

1.83*>,060 pouudB Copper at 5',i conts por pound $ 100,1*^3.30 

6.170,000 j>oud(1h UfiiiH'cl Ijoad at 4 rciitH per pooBd ' 246,800.Ui» 

80,356,52^ pniiuds Unrefined Load at $60 per ton _, 2,410,695.84 

8,915,223 onnceH fine Silver at $0.98!-4 per ounce """..".".'.".".".'.".".'.'."."."." 8,7.59i206..59 

S6,160 ouuees Fine (fold at $20 per ounce 723.200.00 



TotjU Export Value - - $12,240,885.73 

Computing the Gold and Silver at tlieir Mint valnation, and other metals at their valne at the Beaboard, it woald increase the value of the 
product to $16,198,066.81. 



MINERAL SHIPMENTS, 1891. 


Month. 


Bullion. 


Ores. 


Lead. 


Matte. 

* 


No. 
Cars. 


Weight. 


No. 
Cars. 


Weight. 


No. 
Cars. 


Weight. 


No. 
Cars. 


Weight 


January 

February 


62 
iS 
48 
41 
49 
44 
37 
79 
60 
95 
180 
104 


2,100,648 
1,712,321 
1,618,518 
1,361,436 
1,630,773 
1,416,070 
1,192,381 
2,541,846 
1,741,012 
2,904,196 
4,046,516 
3,216,630 


109 
262 
244 
385 
877 
229 
303 
.374 
233 
309 
244 
250 


4,3.57,140 
10,4H6,1«4 
11,471,976 
14.-i67,.520 
It.H'J^.^.Mi 

'.t, i7o.iisr> 
ii,7i;3,oi(i 

14,697.091 
9,IS6,110 
12,Hr)6,635 
10,274,280 
9,916,178 


20 
15 
11 
32 
20 
14 
16 
18 
26 
20 
2 
1 


540,453 

405,816 
270,445 
876,797 
539,i»73 
376,195 
435,826 
851,383 
824,493 
558,613 
54,580 
26,888 


11 

16 


227,8.50 
212,100 
310,730 
431..5SO 
71,900 
25,750 
248,800 
168,700 
138,840 
.589,070 
183,000 
587,037 


March 

April _ 

May 

June 


July 

.\u»iust 

September 

October 

November __. 

December 


Totals 


802 


25,412,827 


3,819 


138.565,848 


190 


5,261,484 


82 


3,294,857 



MINING DIVIDENDS, lx!»l. 

Name of Company, Amount. 

Ontario $ 900,000 



Daly 
Centennial-Eareka.. 

Mammoth 

Horn Silver 

Maxfield.. 

Yosomito No. 2 

Petro 

Eureka Hill 

Bullion-Beclt. _ _ 



450,00(1 

330,000 

'isO.IXW 

200,000 

36,000 

30,000 

17,000 

250,1X)0 

425.000 

$2,918,000 



The Tintic Range branch of the R. G. \V. Ry. from .Spring- 
villo on tlic main line, to Eureka, Tintic, 39.7 miles, was opened 
for business New Year's Dav, 1892. 



LA PLATA DISTRICT. 

H. V'. Westover, manager of the Red Jacket mine at La 
Plata, came in about the middle of December with a carload 
of Red Jacket ore. They have out L'OO tons on the dump. He 
says the outlook in general is encouraging. 

A new strike is reported from the Queen of the Hills, which 
consists of two feet of solid galena. A shipment will be 
made from this mine in a short time. 

The La Plata hoisting works are in place and the engines 
are at work. A shaft has been sunk on this property for a dis- 
tance of sixty feet, and now they are starting to drift for the 
vein. 

The vein of the Sundown mine is three feet wide and has 
been stripped for a long distance. The ore on an average 
runs 7f) per cent, in lead and about 10 ounces in silver to the 
ton. 

There are about 175 men in camp and about sixty log cabins. 
It is expected that both the road to Logan and the one to Og- 
den will be kept open. 

Two hundred and fifty tons of ore have been received 
from the district at the smelters. 

It will be noticed in above summary of ore output 
that Marysvale shipped or milled 97-5 tons; Fish Springs and 
Dugway, 680 and 2.50 tons respectively; and \'ictoria, Uintah 
county, 1.50 tons. These are practically new districts. 

There is every reason to suppose that IS92will see a score of 
ilistricts out in the Deep Creek country connected with Salt 
Lake City by railway. 



TWO TYPICAL UTAH MINES. 

The total output of the Ontario from the starting of the new 
mill, February 1, 1877, to the end of 1891— fifteen years— was 
377,(j;37 tons (dry) of ore, out of which was obtained 26,162,379.99 
ounces of fine silver; and for this silver the company received 
S26,268,.'W.5.88, a fraction of a cent over SI per ounce. As the 
bullion was sold as produced each month, this is as fair an 
average of the price obtainable for silver during the last fifteen 
years as it is possible to obtain. Out of the money received, 
the company paid up to January 1, 1892— this date— 187 monthly 
dividends of .50 cents per share aggregating 812,42.5,000. Of 
these 187 dividends, sixty-four were paid on 100,000 
shares, 123 were paid on 1.50,000 shares. The 
stock was increased by 50,000 shares to pay for new ground 
in 1881 or 1880. The average yield per dr)- ton was §72.06. It 
would be hard to say correctly what percentage of moisture 
should be added to ascertain the number of tons of ore as raised 
out of the mines, but probably about 1.5. 

ONTARIO DIVIDENDS, No. 1 TO 187. 

1877 No 1 to 18.- 900,000 

1878 No. 19to39 1,030,000 

1879 No. 40 to .51 600,000 

I»iON<i. .52 to 63 6ai,000 

1S.H1 No 64 to 75 87.5.000 

Ks-.; .No. 76 to 87 900,000 

1«) No. 88t«90 225,000 

W^l No. 91 to 102 SOO,OU( 

1---. No. KW to 115 97.5,000 

l•^«. No. 118 to 127 900,000 

l>-7 No. 128 to 139 900,000 

I"'- No. llOto 151 „ 800.000 

K-'.i No. 1.52 to 163 900,000 

iv.m No. 164 to 175 900,000 

Wl No. 176 to 187 900,000 

Total $12,425,000 

The total output of the Daly silver mine, an extension west- 
ward of the Ontario, from January 1, 1885, when it began to 
prodiuc, down to the end of 1891, was 1.50,194 net tons, from 
which was obtained 6,778,:i81 .87 ounces of fine silver. This sil- 
ver sold for §6,262,884.69, Out of this money fifty-eight div- 



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idends have been paid, aggregating S2,212,500. The average 
yield was $42.80 per dry ton. The Daly has produced to date 
t),60") ounces of gold, which was counted in the general product 

DALY DIVIDENDS Xo. 1 TO 58. 

1887No. 1 to9.... % 37.1,000 

I888N0. 10to22 _ 487, SOO 

1889 No. 28 toil . 4r,i).l)lKl 

1890 No. 3d to 46 4r>(l,0(Ki 

1891 No. 47 to 58-. _. _ 450,IK»J 

Total. $2,212,500 

REVIEW OF MIXING, isill. 

The year just closed marked a season of progress and unusual 
production in nearly all the mining districts of Utah. That 
great district surrounding Park City still keeps in the lead, not 
only in production, but also in the amount of im- 
provements made, the number of men employed, 
and all else which goes to build a\> a large, prosperous 
community. The year marked there more extensive 
development in the line of new works than ever before; 
new hoisting plants have been placed on the Daly and Anchor, 
both of which are of the largest and best class; a concentrator 
on theGlencoe, new hoists on the West Daly and Meers groups, 
along with very active work in developing the ground with 
shafts. Not only with these improvements already put in 
and the work commenced in the year 1891 were the 
mines unusually prosperous, but there were arrangements 
made which mean active work on some properties 
not mentioned in the general review of the district. 

Unusual interest was taken in the Tintic the past year. 
Although it is an old camp, its growth had not been commensu- 
rate with its merits. It took years to find that the rich surface 
deposits were not all that was good in the lodes. When these 
surface deposits were worked down to the pyrites or "white 
iron," further sinking w-as stopped, and it has been the work of 
the past year or two to demonstrate that there is mineral in pay- 
ing quantities and qualities below this iron stratum, and many 
old claims will soon become shippers. In the meantime, Tin- 
tic is spreading out, through having a new district called 
North Tintic joined to it. While the addition of machinery to 
Tintic was small during the year, the merits of the camp became 
so well weighed by expert examination as to cause the building 
of another railway into the camp, thus doubling up the ship- 
ping facilities and giving a healthy competition. The great 
number of people visiting the district and becoming interested 
in its properties is destined to make Tintic grow more rapidly 
this year than ever, and its towns of Eureka, Mammoth and 
Silver will increase in strength, while there may spring up one 
or two new places within the district. These scenes of prog- 
ress have inspired the rehabitation of West Tintic, which has 
lain dormant and deserted for tiftccn or more years. So it 
was with old Lewiston, or Camp Floyd, where the hills are 
made again to echo with the sound of pick and blast, and gold 
is being extracted and sent to market. 

It is much like a dream to enter old mines which have lain 
idle for a dozen or more years, clean out the debris, re-timber 
the tunnels and shafts, cautiously probe around old stopesand 
open up ores only hidden by the slimes and drippings incident 
to these underground workings. That kind of experience was 
entered into by many the past year in West Mountain (Bing- 



ham) district, until most of these old properties have either be- 
come producers or are in a fair way to become such within the 
next few months. Bingham was never more prosperous than 
it has been the past year, and the future is certainlv bright for 
the district. Deep mining has proved that the mineral holds 
its own with depth, and the companies are preparing to con- 
tinue downward. The most remarkable record of the year is in 
the large number of new mines developed and which have paid 
from the grass-roots down, especially at the head of Carr Fork, 
a part of the district long neglected. The general output of 
the district was considerably retarded by litigation, and yet it 
was greatly in excess of previous years. 

The situation in the two Cottonwoods has greatlv improved. 
There was some excitement last summer about mineral in the 
foothills between the two Cottonwoods, and quite a number of 
locations were made. Several open cuts and short tunnels 
tapped quartz ledges, but as yet not enough mineral has been 
found to warrant any excitement. It is thought, however, that 
when the ledges are cut deep enough to find them in place 
there may be gold and silver enough to pay for putting in 
reduction works. 

Stockton, Ophir, and Dry Canon quite doubled their output 
in 1891 as compared with that of the three or four next previous 
years. 

Among the most interesting discoveries of the year were 
those in the Onaqui range, where it is crossed by Johnson's 
Pass, and in some of the other ranges, on the way to the Deep 
Creek discoveries, made subsequent to those most exciting of 
all developments at Dugway and Fish .Springs. 

THE DEEP CREEK COUXTRY, 

Of which the last two named districts are a part, is so exten- 
sive, so rich in mineral and such an interesting and profit- 
able prospective field to be reached by a railway, that 
the proposed line thither has been the subject of great dis- 
cussion among the people of this city. It does seem as if 
the building of a railroad from here into that country cannot 
be long delayed, and that it must be one of the achievements 
of 1W2, for The Tribune to record m its next annual. That 
will give an impetus to mining, both in Utah and over the line 
into Nevada, such as we have not seen in the past. 

There is another interesting situation in the southern country. 
The developments made by the Dixie Mining Company down 
in Washington county opened up a great copper mine, which 
paid expenses in shipping copper ore of high percentage, and 
in smelting at St. George, and turning out ninety tons of copper 
bullion. A railroad down that way would open up large 
mines in that district, and if continued westward to the district 
in Nevada which Hon. A. G. Campbell is developing, there 
would be added a large tonage of ores which would come to 
this city. Then the iron mines on the route in Utah ought to 
have such a road reach them. 

The revival of Marysvale district and the organization of 
Gold Mountain district are two important events of the past 
year. Of course this happened too late in the season to admit 
of the output being very large, but there was enough prepar- 
ation to warrant lively times there next summer, and a heavy 
output of mineral for the present year. 







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I.a Plata, at the north, drew hundreds of prospactors after 
the finding of ore there in Aujjiist. and this led to important 
discoveries and the opening of quite a number of mines. The 
whole country, from Ogden, Brigham City and Logan clear 
over to the Bear Lake valley, is being prospected, and many 
ledges are found, chiefly of galena and carbonates, running 
low in silver, while on the east side of the range is copper 
galena and carbonates of lead. 

Utah iron deposits attract considerable attention and some 
of the big mines should form the basis for extensive iron man- 
ufactories. 

The coal output is all the time increasing, and new mines arc 
getting ready to open when the owners arc assured qf trans- 
portation. The coal measures are so great in Utah as to be 
practically unlimited. 

The mining, shipping and uses of asphaltum is growing into 
a large industry. New discoveries are being made, and mines 
opened to such an extent as to insure an almost inexhaustible 
supply, and tests are constantly being made to arrive at the 
best mixtures in processes for paving, and the various uses 
asphaltum can be put to. 

The reduction works for silver, lead and gold ores are keep- 
ing step with the progress of mining in Utah, and w-ill continue 
to do so. Certainly the mining situation is in a prosperous and 
hopeful condition in this Territorv. 



Th? Building Stones of Ut&K. 

MARBLES. 

The day will yet come when the native marbles of L'tah will 
be in popular use, and take their place among the principal 
structural materials of the Territory. Beds of marble of vastly 
different color and character exist in many parts of the Territory. 
.\ beautiful gray marble is found at a point remote from the 
railway in the southern part of Millard county, in the neighbor- 
hood of some of the large coal measures. This deposit is at a 
considerable altitude and approachable only by difficult 
roads, and it may perhaps be many years before it is 
developed and its product brought into market. NearNephi, in 
Juab county, is a very beautiful magnesian marble of purest 
white and crystalline luster; but it is only found in small 
pieces, the mass being badly fissured; otherwise, it is beau- 
tiful enough for sculptural purposes. 

An enormous bed of black and white marble has recently 
been developed in one of the side cafions of the American 
Fork. A comparatively small amount of work has revealed 
a reef loo feet wide and about 60 feet in height. For archi- 
tectural ()urposes, the appearance of this marble, as well as its 
strength, is well adapted. There is no limit to its cjuantity, 
and, although the point at which it is [)roduced is somewhat 
difficult of access at present, it may be m.ade nnich easier 
should this marble get into the market. Several buildings in 
Utah county have already been embellished with this stone. 

In Hobble-creek Canon, near Springville, in Utah county 
exists a deposit of exceedingly beautiful geodic marble of a 



soft and tender brown, susceptible of a fine polish and suitable 
for the highest offices to which marble is ever put, except that 
of sculpture. It is so handsome that it would be suitable for 
table ornaments and the finest inlaid work, the symmetrical 
curves of thegeodes forming beautiful concentric arcs and seg- 
ments throughout the mass. This deposit consists of a perpen- 
dicular clifif which has been cut through by the cafion stream, 
and enormous boulders of the marble have fallen from the 
face of the cliff and almost blocked the water-course. It 
is within four miles of the Union Pacific Railway, and will 
undoubtedly find its way into popular appreciation and com- 
plete development. 

The largest and most important marble deposit in the Ter- 
ritory is the great property of the Wasatch Marble Company, 
crossing a summit of the Wasatch Mountains between the head 
of Big Cottonwood and Provo Valley. This extraordinary 
deposit exceeds in size any other that has been worked in the 
United States. It is probably 400 feet thick, and several miles 
across, well bedded and of purest white. It will be brought 
to market down Snake Creek Canon, and at present would 
have to be carried by wagon ten miles to the nearest pro- 
jected railway, and about twenty miles to Park City, the near- 
est point to which a railway has yet been built. Even with 
this expense, it is quite feasible to load this marble and ship it 
east at the prices which marble brings there at present, and 
it will be possible in future years to land this marble in the 
city at so low a price by the carload, that it may be used for 
building purposes. This greatest marble field is owned by an 
incorporated company. A few thousand dollars have been 
spent in opening up the property, but the magnitude of the 
enterprise became so apparent with that expenditure, that it 
was thought best not to attempt the business of quarrying this 
marble until sufficient means had been accumulated by the 
owners to carry on the business on a large scale. 

Many other marble deposits exist in the Territory, some 
promising ones near Brigham City and some still better in 
Blacksmith's Fork Canon in Cache X'alley. 

The Logan Temple is built with handsome marble, mottled 
gray and brown, though being in the rough, its beauty is not 
revealed. 



l.IMK.STONKS. 

In San-pete county, there exists a magnificent deposit of 
a beautiful cream-white oolitic limestone. It ranges through 
the hills to the east of Manti and has been used in the con- 
struction of many buildings in the valley towns, a notable 
instance bemg the great Manti Temple with its enormous ter- 
races and stone barricades. .-V limited quantity of this stone 
has been brought to .Salt Lake City for the ornamentation of 
residences and business blocks. It is easy to the tool, espe- 
cially when first quarried, but becomes harder on exposure to 
the atmosphere. It is one of the most beautiful building stones 
in the Territory. 

.V stone resembling the oolite mentioned above in appear- 
ance, but really quite different in its nature, is quarried near 
Hovtsville in Summit county. It ulso is of a creamadith.wen- 



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presents a handsome appearance wherever used. Being nearer 
to Salt Lake City it can be brought there more economically 
than that from the South. 

Some twenty miles south of the lloytsville quarries there 
exists still another deposit of cream-white building stone, dif- 
fering, however, in its character, to any of the others. It is a 
travertine similar to the stone of which .Ancient Rome is built, 
and is formed by the deposition of calcareous matter from 
the waters of the mineral springs so abundant in Provo \'alley 
It is something in the nature of a geyserite, but is not so hard 
nor so crystalline in its texture. It ranges in color from snowy 
white in its largest masses to a brownish drab, which is the color 
that it takes in its shallower places. It is only the lighter 
colors that have sufficient strength to adapt them for building 
purposes. 

Limestone suitable for building purposes is to be found 
without great intervals along the entire Wasatch Range from 
one end of the Territory to the other, but it is not all equally 
desirable. One of the best deposits is in Dairy Fork near 
Spanish Fork Canon, consisting of a reef of the finest mag- 
nesian limestone, well adapted for trimmings of every kind 
of building. 

Another deposit of oolitic limestone exists in the Wasatch, 
north of Cache Valley. The beds are eleven miles in extent, 
and the stone ranges in color from white through various 
grays to blue. 



SLATES. 

Valuable slate beds have been found on the islands of the 
Great Salt Lake, and in several other places in Utah. Prob- 
ably the very best deposit is the serpentine in the hills back of 
Provo, which have been operated to some extent, and ship- 
ments have been made to the east. This stone is in quality 
suitable for the manufacture of table-tops, mantle-pieces, and 
nearly ever)' other purpose for which slate is used. It is quite 
handsome, of a rich dark-green, mottled with red, and in many 
other colors. 



GRANITE. 

Wherever the Wasatch Range reaches an elevation of over 
11,000 feet, the summitsare almost invariablygranitic, and the 
canons that cut the range at these points almost invariably 
expose splendid masses of a species of granite, notably Little 
Cottonwood Canon, in the neighborhood of Mt. Nebo, and 
near Mt. Haldy at Marysvale. This stone contains a greater 
proportion of feldspar than belongs to pure granite, but while 
lacking the crushing strength of the true granites, it is yet 
exceedingly strong and suitable for the construction of the 
largest buildings in our midst. It also has the advantage of 
being extremely easy to cleave, following the chips and 
wedges with wonderful accuracy and answering truly to the 
blow of the hammer. For this reason, it has been found not 
so well adapted to the making of street blocking, because it 
proves softer than that used in eastern cities, and will not wear 
so well. It is of this granite that the famous Temple in Salt 
Lake City is constructed. 



PRECIOUS STONES. 

This topic would not be complete without reference to some 
of the more extraordinan,- deposits of stone which the Terri- 
tory possesses. In the neighborhood of Green River, a few 
miles south of the R. G. W. Railway, is found large boulders 
of chalcedony scattered over a plain of several thousand 
acres. These boulders when cut. are exceedingly beautiful, 
and some of them are so large that table-tops and mantle- 
pieces could be made from them without piecing. In variety 
and color they range from carnelian, which is bright red, 
through grays, and browns and greens and sometimes all 
colors mingled in one boulder. Some tifty miles south and 
west of this place is a reef of jasper variegated and beauti- 
fully marked, susceptible of a fine polish and promises to 
furnish the means for a lucrative industry. 

Some thirty miles west of Sevier Lake, in Millard County, 
have been found great quantities of " Rocky Mountain dia- 
monds" lying broadcast in a desert country of the most for- 
bidding appearance, and attracting attention, towards sunset, 
by their brilliant and dazzling reflection. It is by means of 
these reflections that they are found, as they are so pure and 
clear and white, that they are difficult to find when close by, 
and it is done by one person stopping when he sees a sparkle, 
and sending some one else to locate it and find the stone. In 
this way, two persons have filled a pint flask with these topazes 
in less than a dav. 



SANDSTONES. 

The sandstones of L'tah are held in great regard, not only by 
the people at home, who use them freely, but by builders 
thousands of miles away who are steady customers for the 
products of our quarries. 

A large proportion of the Rocky Mountains of Utah is 
composed of sandstone ranging from that of a soft and coarse 
texture, to a fine and exceedingly hard variety that is almost a 
quartzite. But although the sandstone area of the mountains 
aggregates probably hundreds of miles, it must not be 
supposed that it is all suitable for building purposes. On the 
contrary, it is only after considerable search that deposits 
have been discovered worthy of operation, and these have 
become, by this time, correspondingly valuable. 

One of the oldest and best known of these deposits, is that 
near Fort Douglas on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, which 
has been in operation for many years and has supplied a great 
part of the stone of which the city is built. It is a pink sand- 
stone, of good grain and quality but absolutely without natural 
cleavage, requiring to be cut on all six sides of each cube. It 
has, therefore, been largely replaced by the newly opened 
quarries of the Mountain Stone Company at Snyderville, 
near Park City, whose quarries produce stone of a similar 
appearance, but being self-bedded and in large masses, can be 
brought to market to better advantage than that of Red Butte, 
as the quarries near Fort Douglas are called. 

The Mountain Stone Company shipped, last season, stone 
from these quarries at the rate of about 40 carloads per week. 




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Thev arc splendid t|ii;in-ies, of a kind to produce dimension 
stone of any size. Were it required, they could take out stones lOO 
feet long by 20 feet wide, and two feet thick, without a flaw. 
The stone is extremely strong, and though kind to the tools is 
quite hard. It is excellently adapted for foundation work, 
heavy piers and culverts, but not so well suited for ornament- 
ing fronts of buildings because of its hardness in carving or 
cutting. 

Three or four miles north of these quarries are some others 
being operated by the Metropolitan Stone Comjjany, whose 
products are something siniiliar but somewhat lamihed, and 
of a lighter color. There are other sandstone c|uarries in 
Parley's Canon, and in Weber Canon near Croydon, besides 
deposits of more or less importance in Provo Valley, in .Santa- 
quin Canon, and in several of the southern counties. 

One of the most magnificent sandstones to be found in any 
country, and one which has been greatly admired in our public 
and private buildings, is the free Diamond sandstone, of a 
rich dark-red, quarried on an extensive scale near Thistle in 
Spanish Fork Caiion. This stone can be cut and carved with 
great ease, and always with a rich and beautiful effect. 
There is a steady demand for it as far east as Kansas City and 
Chicago, and to the northwest as far as Portland and Wash- 
ington Territory. Some of the finest buildings in Helena, 
Mont., have been constructed of it. Although so handsome 
for the fronts of buildings, its crushing resistance is not suffi- 
cient to recommend it for foundations, as it loses a portion of 



its strength when wet or moist; hut it is nevertheless, one of 
the most serviceable sandstones that any country can produce. 

Another stone having much the same texture as the Dia- 
mond but of a steel-gray hue, is the very popular Kyune, 
quarried on the line of the R. G. W. Railway, near the head 
of Price River, about twenty miles east of the summit of the 
Wasatch Mountains. When first quarried, this stone has a 
faint heliotrope tinge, w-hich it soon loses and becomes a deli- 
cate .gray. It also increases in hardness, and after a short 
time, resists the weather very well. It takes the most delicate 
carving very easily, and taken all together, is the most popu- 
lar sandstone that we have. It is complementary in color to 
the diamond stone, and the two work together with splendid 
effect. These two quarries are operated by one company, 
who keep them going nearly all the year round, employing a 
force of men, and doing a great swinging business. 

Parties identified with the Mountain Stone Company are 
opening up a quarry adjoining that of the Kyune, which 
promises to equal it in every respect. At the latest report this 
company was purchasing improved machinery for the system- 
atic development of these new quarries with a view to large 
export business. 




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Salt I^alve Cit\^. 

The Capital and Metropolis of Utah. 



KALF a century is but a short time in the Hfe of a 
common-wealth, and yet within that period won- 
derful changes have been made. Nowhere in 
tliis broad land is this fact more wonderfully im- 
pressed upon one, than when standing upon the ridges of 
the magnificent Wasatch Range, he looks down upon the 
beautiful citv which has risen beside the great Salt I.ake. 



assurance of an importance conspicuous and potential, to 
which the efforts of contemporaries have been unceasingly 
directed for many decades. 

Only forty-five years ago, the entire country was an 
unopened and almost inaccessible wilderness, thousands of 
miles from civilization. But through the indomitable perse- 
verance of the hardy pioneers, supplemented by the well- 



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NEW CITY AND C 

It was in July, 1847, that the pioneers of Utah first looked 
upon the valley which borders upon this great inland sea. 
Aside from the omnipresent grandeur of the mountain scenery 
there was little there to attract the eye or charm the senses 
On every side stretched a dreary waste of sage-brush and 
cacti, broiling beneath the rays of the summer's sun. But 
within a period comparatively brief. Salt Lake City has been 
transformed from ;i frontier settlement into a bustling, thriving 
village, into a prosperous progressive country town, into a 
magnificently appointed municipality, and that citv to-dav 
glorying in the sublime promise of its prophetic infancy, gives 



OUNTY BUILDING. 

directed industry and ceaseless labors of succeeding gener- 
ations, the wilderness has been made to blossom as the rose. 
.Situated in the heart of a valley, the beauty of which can only 
be compared to the thrift and hospitality of the people 
gathered there, prosperity has made the city an abiding place, 
and runs wild in the sunshine of a never ending season. 
Beneficent nature has crowded into this valley the most charm- 
ing and substantial of her contributions. Surrounded by 
mountains stored with exhaustless wealth, watered by rivers 
that run wanton to the sea, silvered over with streams and 
fountains that leap from their shady hiding-places and go 




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loitering along babbling sweet music, as they flow, gratefully 
shaded at convenient intervals and possessing manifold 
auxiliaries for development and progress, is the success of 
Salt Lake City to be wondered at? Would it not rather be 
surprising if the contrary were true? Would it not rather be 
surprising if the city, from its location and the character of its 
inhabitants, bad failed to become the base of operations for a 
complete and comprehensive system of industries, for efficient 
and invaluable svstems of transporation, for tinancial, commer- 
cial and manufacturing systems, and for scholastic, charitable 
and religious organizations inspired by emulative energy and 
sustained by their intrinsic worth as also by the substantial 
acknowledgments of an appreciating public? 

Standing u|)on llie capitol grounds, 150 feet above the city, 
immersed in its daily routine of business occupations, one 
gazes u[)on the fairest type of Alpine scenery, to be seen 



the city as one of the most artistically laid out and perman- 
ently constructed of any in the land. Nothing has been left 
undone in the behalf that will enhance the values of properties 
or add to the beauty of the landscape. In other departments 
of endeavor the situation is unchanged. Schools are liberally 
maintained, in which are provided courses of study adapted to 
the requirements of a service designed to furnish practical 
knowledge to the most humble of students. The curriculum 
embraces studies ranging from those of a primary character to 
the most advanced, attention being especially directed to 
mathematics, the sciences, etc., with other branches of equally 
inestimable value, preparatory to successful encounter in the 
varied walks of life. In addition to the public schools, estab- 
lished by an act of the Territorial legislature at the session of 
1889-90, there are a large number of denominational schools, 
and othei institutions of learning which furnish adequate facili- 



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TKMPLl!; SQUARE 

between Cape Cod and the Golden Gate. A dozen miles 
away the great Salt Lake glistens in the sunlight. At one's 
feet lie factories, smelters, foundries and other evidences of 
mechanical progress, numerously interspersed with banks, 
public buildings, hotels, places of amusement, [irivate resi- 
dences, churches, schools and other additional proofs of the 
wealth and relinement thereat centered. The city is laid out 
with an eye to beauty and originality of design, nowhere else 
duplicated west of the Missouri River. In the original survey 
"f the city, the streets were reckoned from Temple .Square, 
and save in names, have since conformed to pioneer metes 
and bounds, being live times the width, with the blocks cut 
thereby ten times the dimensions of those of modern cities. 
Recognizing the necessity of water-courses, the founders of 
Salt Lake City tapped the mountain streams, and through 
every thoroughfare, avenue and boulevard courses, the spark- 
ling waters of the Wasatch water-shed. 

Architecturally speaking, the improvements completed and 
in contemplation or progress, emphasize the claim made for 



LAKE SALT (JlTi. 
ties for similar purposes, and which will be mentioned further 
on. The cultivation of the religious system has ever been suc- 
cessfullv conducted in Salt Lake City, and the history of the 
.Man of Nazareth from the Manger to Gethsem..ne, to Calvary, 
has been rehearsed to communicants of every creed, while his 
teaching and his example have been inculcated from pulpits of 
nearly every Christian denomination. Socially, the city is pre- 
eminently fortunate, while the fields of art, literature, the press, 
finance, commerce, trade, manufactures, etc., ate assiduously 
cultivated in a spirit, emulative and progressive. 

That the climate of Salt Lake City is in many respects not 
surpassed by that of many inland localities, experience and 
scientific investigation have established. Both cast and west 
of the city the climate is said to be more severe. Extremes of 
heat and cold are rarely observable, and so equable is the tem- 
perature during nearly every month that the seasons seem to 
drift into one another imperceptibly. In summer the days are 
cool, and nowhere can be found a more delightfully pleasant 
evening in that season than at Salt Lake City. Indian sumiiicr 



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is prolonged until late in \oveniber. and during the con- 
tinuance of the winter solstice there are never more than thirty 
or forty days of weather that might be described as moderately 
cold, the raw winds of spring, indigenous to the north and 
east, are of exceptional occurrences, while tornadoes, cyclones 
and other eruptions of nature, from which scarcely any portion 
of the country is entirely exempt, are unknown. The city is 
said to have an average of 277 fair days in the year. In the 
remaining eighty-eight days there are very few in which the 
sun does not shine a part of the day. The records of the signal 
service ofifice for fourteen years indicate the existence during 
that period of fifty full cloudy days per year, or about one 
day per week. This almost perpetual sunshine, the superb 
drives, inviting parks, delightful resorts and balmy air attract 
people out of doors, and in the enjoyment of such pleasures 
good health is insured. Hardlv anv form of disease, it maybe 



iar with tlie premises, that the natural resources available, are 
destined to make Salt Lake City the inter-mountain metropo- 
lis. Of minerals there are gold, silver, iron, lead, copper, 
sulphur, coal, mica, soda, plumbago, antimony, petroleum, 
graphite, salt, zinc and others, and where the same have been 
developed bounteous returns have resulted. The soil and 
climate are also adapted, specially so to the cultivation of 
fruits and cereals, while the cost of production is claimed to 
be materially less than in the states and territories adjoining. 
" In the matter of garden and field products and temperate 
clime fruits" declares a writer on the subject: " the productive- 
ness of the Salt Lake Valley is without a rival, and the demand 
for these products comes from every part of the United States." 
Continuing, he relates that: "The wheat of L^tah is admitted 
to be the best flour maker known. It has been shipped to 
California and sold at a good profit in the face of the recog- 




said, originates in L'tah, while upon many diseases originating 
elsewhere, residence is often more beneficial than ordinary med- 
ical treatment. Malaria is a stranger to the locality, and almost 
every complaint to which humanity is subject is reduced to a 
minimum by the climatic forces to be found here, and the city 
is rapidly acquiring an extended reputation as a health resort- 
According to late statistics the mean temperature is quoted at 
51.5 degrees, the average maximum, 97.1 degrees, the average 
minimum, 1.7 degrees, and the average range, 96.6 degrees. 
The average rainfall is stated at 16.76 inches; average speed 
of the wind, 5.2 miles per hour; average humidity, 48.9 per cent; 
average monthly range of temperature, 47.5 degrees, and the 
average daily range, 20.1 degrees. 



Ji)e ^pvirorjmeQt of Salt Cal^ij <?ity. 

is such as irresistibly tends to the promotion of the city's 
growth, to the beauty of its location, to the enrichment of its 
inhabitants and to the inspiring of unbounded confidence in 
its future. In fact, it is universally conceded by those famil- 



LION AND BEEHIVE HOUSES, SALT LAKE CITY. 

nized excellence of California as a wheat grower." From 
another account it is learned that in the year 1889, William 
Gibby, who then conducted a farm on the outskirts of the city 
raised a crop of wheat averaging eighty bushels per acre and 
received the American Agricultural National prize of $500 
for the largest one-acre crop in the LTnited States. Other 
grains are equally productive, while vegetables and fruits of 
the most delicious and delicate character grow almost spon- 
taneously. Of late years stock raising has ceased to be an 
experiment and become an established fact. Horses for draft, 
road and track purposes, all standard bred, through whose 
veins courses the blood of sires and dams of acknowdedged 
superiority are numerous as also are the choicest strains of 
horned cattle, swine and sheep. The latter interest is assessed 
at more than ten millions of dollars and the value of the annual 
wool clip is correspondingly great. 

As already stated, the cause of Salt Lake City prosperity is 
due in the main to the abundance of natural resources in the 
country adjacent which have attracted not alone the "boomer" 




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and speculator, but the merchant, the manufacturer and the 
investor. To these should be added its importance as a health 
resort to which come the geologist, the botanist and the army of 
tourists which annually gather here, and to other causes as 
potent as thev are interesting. 

Jl>e /T\ut)i(;ipal CiO\jerr)n\({r)t. 

Prior to the fifties the city prcsumal)lv 
was without any regularly constituted 
municipal government. During that de- 
cade, however, the growth of the present 
metropolis necessitated re-organization and 
the employment of means for the projier 
conduct of public affairs. In 1S.51, J. M. 
Grant was elected to the mayoralty, and 
since that date the executive authority of 
the city has been vested in a mayor, the 
1 egislati ve department being within the juris- 
diction of a board of aldermen, chosen at 
stated periods, whose prerogatives include 
all i)owers necessary to the framing and 
enforcement of ordinances, the remaining 
city officials being either elective or appoint- 
ive, and charged with duties incident to the 
management of trusts committed to their 
care. 

5lje police Di?part/r\(5r>t. 

The department of police embraces thirty-five men, twenty- 
five of whom officiate as patrolmen and maintain order over an 
area of more than ten square miles, a condition of affairs that 
speaks volumes for a city in which one policeman to every two 
thousand inhabitants, is deemed sufficient, 

Sl^e pir^ Departmeijt. 

Under the pioneer regime, fires were of rare occurrence 
outside their legitimate uses, and a few buckets of water 



is supplied with a full complement of apparatus embracing 
steam engines of the .Silsby pattern, chemical engines, hose 
carts, hook and ladder trucks, with hose and other appliances, 
indispensable to an adequate and efficient service. The depart- 
ment is also supplied with the Oaynor fire alarm system. 





E.\GLE G.\TE. 

The citv contains twenty-eight alarm boxes and the equipment 
is made up of all known means for successful operation, 
in addition to twenty-eight miles of wire, and 322 hydrants. 
In the year 1891, there occurred 102 fires in the city, entailing 
a total loss of S8o,175, upon which there was an insurance of 
about 873,000. The value of the department is attested by the 
low rate of insurance, and its running expenses do not exceed 
S35,000 per annum. 

Departm^Qt of Streets. 

An ordinance providing for the paving 
of streets took effect May 15, 1>*89, and the 
city now has nearly fifteen or twenty miles 
of well-paved thoroughfares, ten miles of 
which were completed in 1891, at a cost of 
S8,000 per mile. The work, which is con- 
structed either of stone, cement or asphal- 
tum large quantities of the latter material 
Ijcing found in the immediate vicinity, 
will be continued during the current year. 



liiaUH.AtM YOUNtrS GlUVt. 



Xf?e Seu/era(je Depart/nerjt. 
Three years ago arrangements were com- 
pleted for the introduction of a sewerage 
system. The preliminaries disposed of, 
work was commenced and prosecuted with 
such diligence, that thus far eighteen miles 
of sewer pipes from six inches to two feet 
in diameter have been laid according to the 
best approved scientific demand, and the 
expenditure made for this public improve- 
ment have met the approval of all classes 
of citizens. The system is the best obtain- 
able and further conduces to the good 
health for which the citv is famous. 



sufficed to extinguish the " incipient conflagration" before it had 
exceeded the limits usually accorded it by the busy housewife. 
The present department is described as "one of the most com- 
plete in the country." It includes twqnty-eight members, and 



Ci(}l?t arjd U/ater Suppli(?5. 
The claim is deservedly made that Salt Lake City is one of 
the best lighted cities in the countr)-. Gas and electric lights 



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are the agencies employed, each 
street intersection being ilhinii- 
nated with an electric light of two 
thousand candle power, elevated 
at a height of twenty feet above 
the ground; arc and incandescent 
lights are also used in the business 
houses and residences. The water 
supply is almost unlimited; reser- 
voirs are located at various eligible 
points fed from the City, Emigra- 
tion and Parleys creeks in phe- 
nomenal supply, from which clear 
sparkling water free from injurious 
impurities is distributed to con- 
sumers in all parts of the city 
through eighty-five miles of water 
mains. In addition to these sources 
of supply artesian wells have been 
or w'ill be sunk in the near future, 
flowing both salt and sulphur water, 
thus materially adding to the nat- 
ural water power that will be avail- 
able for various uses. 



The press of Salt Lake City 
indicates the enterprise and char- 
acter of the inhabitants. At the 
present date there are four papers 
issued daily: — the Tribune, Repub- 
lican; Net-aid, Democratic, both 
morning publications; the Times 
and \kie. Deseret EveningXews, both 
afternoon papers. The weeklies 
embrace the Utah Free Press, the 
Salt Lake ^(^z/ifr/wfr and Western 
Weekly, besides bi-monthlies, mon- 
thlies and quarterlies, chief among 
which are two papers published 
in the Swedish language, the Great 
Salt Laker, Juvenile Instructor, 
Irrigation Age, Woman' s Expon- 
ent, Voung Woman's Journal, 
Contractor, The Society and Dra- 
matic Reporter, Perry's Magazine, 
Tullidge's Western Galaxy, Hotel 
Reporter, the Sanitarium Histori- 
cal Record tswA the Advocate. The 
papers are well conducted by edit- 
ors who rank high in the profession 
and have proved potent factors in 
the promotion of the business, so- 
cial and moral interests of the city 
under the wise and discriminating 
influence exercised by Kyron 
Groo and William Hyde of the 
Herald. Judge C. C. Goodwin and 
Mr. Nelson of the Tribune, C. W. 
Penrose and Mr. Nicholson of the 
yews, Mr. Ifft of the Times, and 
others. The Fourth estate has 
succeeded to a position never pre- 
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territory, and has given an additional and irresistible impulse 
to progress and development never before attempted. 



El<?i?/T\osyr)ary Ir^stltutiops ar>d {hospitals- 

Charities arc administered with a liberal hand in Salt Lake 
City, and besides the private beneticial organizations sustained 
by donations from church societies and private individuals, 
the city contains three hospitals, St. Mark's, Deseret and The 
Hospital of the HolyCross.all supported by public contributions. 
The Industrial Christian Home, recently opened under the 
auspices of the Women's Industrial Christian Home Associa- 
tion of Utah, is one of the latest acquisitions. It was organized 
under the provisions of an act of Congress, and is designed to 
assist women and their children of tender age, who feel them- 
selves wronged and oppressed by polygamy. A magnificent 



handled during the year. The gross receipts for the same 
period were $126,'2!)9.23. The force employed consists of 18 
carriers in addition to the postmaster and his assistants. 
Ninety-two letter boxes are distributed about the city; mail is 
delivered in the business district four times and collected six 
limes per diem, and the service is efficient and prompt. 



Slje public^ Buildii5^5. 

The public buildings of Salt Lake City are many of them 
noted for the beauty and elegance of their architectural designs 
and proportions, as also for the high order of merit which has 
characterized their construction and equipment. In addition to 
the churches, hotels, exposition building, etc., brief mention of 
which has been made, there are the Tem])le, the Gardo House, 
tlie W. S. McCormick Bank building, the Dooley postoffice 




building has been erected, and besides affording a pleasant 
home, provides instruction in various branches of self-support- 
ing industry to those who avail themselves of the association's 
hospitalities. 

The secret societies consist of Masons, Odd Fellows, 
Knights of Pithias, Elks, Ancient Order of L'nited Workingmen, 
Foresters, Grand Army of the Republic, railroad aid associ- 
ations and labor and building societies. Each controls a roster 
of membership exceptionally large, and the greatest good to 
the greatest number is the purpose kept steadily in view. 



post-Offiee. 



The post-office is located in the Dooley building, and the 
amount of business transacted for the year last past indicated 
a very considerable increase over that of 1890. In 1S91 there 
were S284,070.62 in money orders issued and S;ir)0.6(>:i.2;^ paid; 
39,400 registered letters received and 19,000 dispatched, 19,200 
pieces of mail matter in transit, or a total of lO^^-fKI pieces 



WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL CHRISTIAN HOME. 

block, the City Hall and County Court House, now in progress 
of erection, and a large number of private residences. The 
McCormick Rank building is constructed of dressed Kyune 
stone, and the Dooley block of red sandstone quarried in the 
vicinity of the city. The city and county building in Wash- 
ington Square, when completed.'will be one of the most elab- 
oratejstruclures in the West. The style of architecture is 
Romanesque. Its dimensions will be 272xl."i6 feet and four 
stories high. The four corner pavilions will each be 120 feet 
in height, while that of the center tower will be 250 feet. The lat- 
ter will be surmounted by a figure representing Columbia, the 
corner pavilions being decorated with figures representing 
Libertv, Justice, etc. Kyune stone and brick compose the 
materials of which it will be built, and the cost of same will 
approximate half a million of dollars. The Ontario hotel is 
to be completed during the current year. The foundations 
are laid and work upon the superstructure will soon be 
renewed. Its estimated cost is quoted at one million of dol- 
lars, and when readyfor occupation, it will excel in architec- 



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tural attractions the famous Palace hotel of San Francisco. 
Edifices that are expected to materialize in a short time 
include the Capitol building, to cost three millions, the Kecley 
Institute, the Saltair Company's hotel at Garfield Beach, a 
large number of public buildings and jirivate homes, together 
with manufacturing and other establishments, involving the 
expenditure of millions of money and still further increasing 
the advancement of a city that is aheady in the van of 
ini|irovcment. 



public parKs. 



Salt I.ake City is well -.upplied witli [lubhc parks, complete 
in all their attractions and upon which improvements are con- 
stantly being made. These include Tenth Ward Square, 
Washington Square, f'ioneer Square, L'niversity Square and 




Liberty I'ark. The latter, consisting of a tract of 110 acres, 
handsomely landscaped and fitted up with an abundance of 
improvements that delight the eye and augment the value of 
the resort itself. 

St?<^ ^ity Selpools. 

The basis of the educational system of Salt Lake City is 
the public schools, graded from primary to high school, in 
which promotion from the subordinate to the superior depart- 
ments is dependent upon the proficiency of the candidate. 
L'p to a recent date there were twenty-two district schools in 
the city, each under separate management; latterly, however, 
they have been placed under the jurisdiction of a Board of 
Education composed of representative citizens, w-ho administer 
the trust with a fidelity born of determination to make them 
institutions in fact as well as in name. Notwithstanding diffi- 
culties encountered new buildings were obtained, and the results 
thus far attained have been gratifying in the last degree. As 
before stated, the course of instruction is that taught in cities 
where graded schools have been established, with the routine 
of which all are familiar. A high school department has also 
been inaugurated, which is on a par with the best academical 
institute in the country. It is provided with a corps of five 
teachers, and is cqui|)ped with all necessary apparatus, in 
addition to a complete and well selected library. The course 



occupies three years, and the enrollment is upward of one 
hundred students. In the schools proper there are T2(j teach- 
ers employed, with a total enrollment of about 7,100 pupils and 
a daily average attendance of say 5,000. The annual cost of 
maintaining the schools is about $150,000, including salaries, 
supplies, etc. Arrangements are now in progress for the 
enlargement of facilities in this department of public endeavor, 
and the sum of 8fi00,000, appropriated for the purpose, will be 
expended before the dawn of another year. 

The denominational schools embrace the University of 
Deseret incorporated in 1850 and accessible to matriculants 
of both sexes over fourteen years of age. The course is com- 
prehensive and thorough, and the different departments are 
well ecjuiiiped with apparatus for illustration and practical 
work. A department of mining has recently been added and it 
also contains a school for deaf mutes, a library of more than 
ten thousand volumes, an art gallery and other auxili- 
aries of substantial and invaluable merit. All Hallows 
( ollege founded in 1886 is su[)portcd by the Catholics 
and has already attained to prominence not more sur- 
prising than deserved. The. course includes three 
departments, [ireparatory, commercial and col- 
legiate, and an cfiicient corps of sixteen teachers is 
emjjloyed. St. Mary's Academy for girls, to which 
l)oys between the ages of six and eight are likewise 
admitted, is also under the control of the Catholic de- 
nomination. It was opened in ISTfiand has been pros 
jiered abundantly. Twenty teachers are employed 
and special attention is devoted to music, the arts, 
.ind languages. A course of book-keeping, short- 
hand and stenography has been introduced into the 
' urrirulum and gymnastics and calisthenics are im- 
portant features of the institution. .St. Josephs' 
school for boys is a valuable adjunct to the course 
iif education likewise maintained by the Catholics. 
Salt Lake .-Vcademy directed by the Congregational- 
ists was established in 187W, the purpose of the 
trustees being to found an academy after the |)lan of 
New England high schools. It is supported by Con- 
gregational churches all over the country and is 
free to all [nipils for a nominal consideration. 
The usual branches are taught here and a course of man- 
ual training has been recently introduced. Salt Lake 
Seminary represents the educational interests of the 
Methodist church. It was established in 1870 and its 
career has since shown a steady growth. The courses, 
five in number, are : College preparatory, scientific, 
academic, commercial and normal, together with grammar 
and ordinary grades. It is designed at an early day to add a 
department of stenography. Collegiate Institute, controlled by 
the Presbyterian church, supplysfour courses, viz: Academic, 
grammar, intermediate and primary, and no pains have been 
spared to maintain a high reputation for wholesome moral 
training, good discipline and thorough work. Among those 
remaining are St. Mark's school for boys, St. Mark's school for 
girls and Rowland Hall, a boarding school for girls, all con- 
trolled by the Episcopal faith, together with commercial col- 
leges, kindergarten schools, manual training schools, etc., etc., 
affording unsurpassed opportunities for the acquisition of an 
education in Salt Lake City. The city is also supplied with 
libraries, there being in addition to thtise cited, a circulating 
library managed by the Masonic order, that of the Odd Fel- 
lows, the Fireman's Library, Salt Lake Free Library, the Des- 
eret University Library, Law Library and a number of under- 
takings of a similar character under the direction of local 
organizations. 




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7f?e <?tjur<;l7i?8. 

Ill :nUlition to llic M(iriiU)ii 'IV'iniile and the twenty-two 
ward (iiurchcs of tliat sect, nearly every religious denomination 
is represented, and many are provided with Itoiises of worship, 
'riiese include St. Mark's and St. Paul, Episcopal, both of which 
are fine structures, the same society conducting services in St. 
Peter's church, near Warm Springs; three Methodist-Episco- 
pal churches; the First Presbyterian and Westminster I'resby- 
terian churches, the First Hai«tist, the Swedish l.utlieran 
church, the Scandinavian church, the First Congregational 
church, the African M. E. church, the Christian church, the 
Catholic cathedral and the Josephites, a congregation reorgan- 
ized by members of the Mormon faith. The Hebrew society 
possesses a large congregation, for the accommodation of 
which, a tine synagogue is nearing comiiletion, and the Y. M. 
C. A. and Salvation Armv e.icli < (introl n numerous following 
engaged in effective work. 



5t?e Bat)Ks. 

.Annually is Salt Lake City attaining to more conspicuous 
impo«ance as a financial center. Its location, the site of the 
city as an industrial and commercial emporium, the facilities 
afforded by the banks for business transactions, the ready aid 
furnished by them in times of extraordinary demand and other 
causes conspire to make the city all that is claimed for it in 
this connection. The total banking capital is, in round num- 
bers, S.'.,.50(i,<l(lO.OO, with a total surplus of §(>40,0(k;), and undi- 
vided prolits aggregating 81^7,000. The city has the American 
National, Deseret National, Commercial National, Bank of 
Commerce, Deseret Savings, National Bank Republic, State 
Bank of Utah, Union National, Utah Commercial and Savings, 
Utah National, Utah Title Insurance and Trust Company, 
Zion Savings and Trust Company, Wells, Fargo & Co., Mc- 
Cormick & Co., T. L. Jones & Co., and Cyrus L. Hawley, 
besides other institutions which enjoy an enviable reputation 



Tl?<? 5(?mpli^. 

This historic structure, so intimately asso- 
ciated with the earliest settlement and subse- 
quent history of Utah, is rapidly approaching 
completion, the ceremonies of laying the cap- 
stone having been arranged for April (i, \XU'2, 
just thirty-nine years from the date of the 
ei|ua!ly impressive ceremony of laying the 
corner stone. The temple is built entirely of 
granite obtained in the c|uarries of l.itlle 
Cottonwood canon, the interior being tinislied 
according to ornate designs. The top floor is set 
apart for the purpose of an assembly room with 
a capacity of seating an audience of about one 
thousand. The three floors remaining are di- 
vided into rooms of varying sizes. P'ivo of 
the towers will be surmounted by spires, while 
the sixth, the central eastern tower, will be 
crowned with a bronze figure of the angel 
Ciabriel, the cast and west central tower spires 
with small horizontal figures of angels. The 
building will be perfectly heated and venti- 
lated, lighted by electricity and supplied with 
elevatorsand all modern conveniences. When 
completed the structure will represent an outlay approximating 
three million live hundred thousand dollars. 




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MR. VV. S. UoCOKlUCIi'S UliSIDENCE. 

in the monetary w'orld. They are members of the clearing 
house, and several of the banks are ecjuippcd with safety 
deposit vaults. 



private I^i?sid(?t)G(?5. 

The superb climate and advantages of soil and produc- 
tions render Salt Lake City one of the most delightful points 
for residence purposes to be found in the West, a fact con- 
clusively demonstrated by the number and elegance of the 
private residences distributed throughout the city. No special 
style of architecture has been observed in their erection and 
decoration, nor has any special jjortion of the city been appro- 
priated to their occupation. But the streets are at intervals 
lined with handsome homes, situated in the midst of lawns, 
surrounded by the foliage of trees, the air redolent with the 
perfume of the choicest exotics and with many other attrac- 
tions that speak of the taste and refinement, as also of the 
wealth and enterprise of residents. The conformation of the 
territory upon which the city has been built is peculiarly 
adapted to the location of residences which rise one above 
the other upon terraces, thus furnishing an unobstructed view- 
to occupants. 



(?amp Douglas. 

To the east, a distance of about three miles, and overlook- 
ing the capital city of Utah, (soon to be a state) is Camp Doug- 
las, the representative of the LJnited States in the west. Situated 
in the midst of fields and orchards. Camp Douglas, wiht its 
orderly and soldierly arrangements, is of itself an attraction. 
Trains and street cars run freciuently between the city and the 
post, and a birds-eye view of the former from the latter is 
almost unecjualed. The quarters are built of red sandstone, 
quarried in Red Butte Canon, near by, and the grounds are 
planted w ith trees, vines, etc., giving to the scene an appear- 
ance both beautiful and picturesquely rural. Efforts are being 
made to secure an appropriation from congress for the purpose 
of beautifying that portion of the reservation lying between the 
fort proper, and the city. If such action is favorably deter- 
mined upon, a park of 1,000 acres will he laid out, one of the 
most beautiful in the L'nited States, and commanding a view 
which for grandeur cannot be excelled at home or abroad. 



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/T\our>taJr> ar^d late? Side I^<?5orl:s. 

Tlie city and vicinity[is unsurpassed as a health resort, and 
a rich field is furnished for the seeker after pleasure in the 
abundance of mountain and bathing places easily accessible. 
Among the former are City Creek Canon, seven miles above 
the city; Ensign Peak, directly to the rear of the city, from the 
summit of which an unobstructed view of Salt Lake City and 
the surrounding country for miles in every direction can be 
obtained; Emigration and Parley's Canons, lately coming into 
prominence, the resort at the head of Big Cottonwood, 8,000 
feet above the level of the sea; American Fork Canon, which 
opens into Utah Valley, and a number of others equally attrac- 
tive and efficacious from a sanitary standpoint. Garfield 
Beach, eighteen miles west of the city on the shores of the 
Great .Salt Lake, is reached by the Union Pacific railroad, and 
is becoming one of the most noted bathing resorts in the 
world. The improvements consist of a hotel, bathing houses, 
a dancing pavilion, restaurants and private club houses. 
During the season a grand concert is given every afternoon in 




Photo by ShipliT. 

GARFIELD BEACH ON THE GREAT SALT LAKE. 

the pavilion, a sacred concert Sunday evening and a reception 
and ball Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Beck's 
Hot Springs, three miles from the center of the city in a 
northerly direction, accessible by electric and railway cars, is 
admitted to be one of the finest bathing resorts in Utah, pos- 
sessing all necessary accommodations for the convenience of 
patrons, including hotels, private baths, swimming pools for 
gentlemen and ladies, and other equipments comprehensive 
and elegant. The new Keeley Institute is to be built at the 
Springs, and plans for a large hotel are now under considera- 
tion. White Sulphur Springs are situated one mile from the 
Temple and can be reached by street cars. It has ten private 
plunges for ladies and gentlemen. The springs flow in a 
strong stream from beneath a perpendicular rock and have a 
temperature of 128 degrees Fahrenheit. Bathing at 'White 
Sulphur has been found to be beneficial to victims of catarrh, 
rheumatism and other diseases. The diversity and excellence 
of the resorts and baths in and about Salt Lake City, in short, 
beggar description. Their real value to the city can not be 
estimated as sources of attraction to strangers, of benefit to 
invalids and of wealth to those by whom they are owned and 
operated. The resorts about Salt Lake City will annually be- 
come more and more valuable. 



f^otels ar^d places of /1mu5emei)t. 

The hotels and places of amusement of Salt Lake City are 
well known and popular because of their absolute merit. 
Many of the former, in respect to their acconmiodations, 
appointments, luxurious furnishings, adequate conveniences 
cuisine and service are not surpassed by any of a similar char- 
acter in cities of more pretentions and greater opportunities. 
To use a well-worn aphorism the hotels are well kept, and add 
to the reputation and attractions of the city as elegant homes 
for tourists and travelers. Among these are the Knutsford, 
one of the most magnificent in all respects west of New York 
or Chicago, completed and opened last spring, at the corner 
of State and Third South streets; Continental, corner of 
West Temple and First South; CuUen, on West Second South 
near Main; Tenipleton, corner of Main and Brigham; Metro- 
politan, West Temple and Third South; W'alker House, Main 
street; L'nion Pacific, near Union Pacific Depot; Clift House, 
Main and Third South; St. Elmo, third South and Main, 
and many others. To these should be added a number of 
European hotels and elegant boarding houses all of which are 
handsomely maintained. 

Salt Lake City has been declared to be one of the most 
desirable amusement centers between the Missouri and the 
Pacific, in some respects rivaling Omaha and San Fran- 
cisco. As a consequence, this city is continually entertained by 
musical, operatic or dramatic combinations of the superior 
order, an eloquent anti i oii< lusive acknowledgment of the 
taste and refinement of the citizens. At present, accommo- 
dations are not sufficient in volume to meet the requirements 
of occasions, but their absence will be supplied in improve- 
ments now in progress and within a comparatively brief period, 
temples devoted to the dis]ilays of histrionic and lyric art will 
be among the most splendidly designed and magnificently 
ap|iiiinted and decorated of any in the land. Salt 
Lake Tlieater. erected by the late Bri.t;liam Young 
al)()ut lx(i'.)-70, is a coniniodidus structure, con\eniently 
arranged and rich and attractive in make-up and appearance. 
It's the resort of a most aristocratic patronage and has a seat- 
ing capacity of L800 and upward; Wonderland, a unique and 
original medley of light acts, etc., the Deseret Museum having 
on exhibiton a fine collection of minerals, ores and fossils from 
Utah, stuffed birds and animals, native and foreign, curiosities 
and curios, relics of the early occupation of Utah, etc., etc., 
with other resorts highly reputable and much in favor. At the 
Tabernacle, musicales are given at brief intervals. The organ, 
which enjoys a national reputation, and a chorus of from MHO 
to 500 voices are particular objects of admiration. 



U/l^oIesale apd Jobbinx} Jrade. 

The wholesale and jobbing trade of Salt Lake City is yet in 
its infancy. In recent years a rapid advance has been made 
in both directions, and to-day the demands levied upon mer- 
chants and jobbers are only equalled by their capacity to supply- 
Some claim, even now, that the largest jobbing trade between 
Denver and San Francisco is done at Salt Lake City, whence 
dealers and consumers in Southern Idaho, Northern Arizona, 
Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Northern Colorado, Montana and 
points more remote obtain their stocks and supplies. The 
business in 1891, exceeded that of the year previous by about 
ninety-five per cent, and amounted in values to figures approx- 
imating two millions of dollars. 

The retail stores of the city include every line of commer- 
cial business, and many of them in size, architecturally, capacity 
for the carriage of stock, equipments, conveniences and qual- 
ity of wares, merit the encomnmis passed upon them as being 




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of a siipeiior rharactcr. They enjoy a lar^c traik-, employ a 
correspondingly larfje force and arc operated by those for 
whose convenience and patronage they were established. 

Tlie Stock F.xchan<,'e organized in ISiKI, for the purpose of 
affording opportunities for the sale of mining and other stocks 
is in the enjoyment of a prosperous career. The sales 
for 1S91, aggregated 4,08:{,4ir> shares of a cash value of 
nearly one million dollars. The same may be said o[ the 
Chamber of Commerce established in April ISX". 



/T\ar)ufa<;turir)(}. 

.Manufacturing industries were established, lliougli to a limit- 
ed extent, in -Salt Lake City at an early day. With the progress 
of years this branch of the public service was annually ren- 
dered more important and self-sustaining, until now it lias 



hosiery, artilicial ice, dairy products, rough and smoothed lum- 
ber, leather, lime and cement, lead pipe, patent medicines, 
wrapping paper, i)aper bags, boxes and mailing tubes, pre- 
serves and pickles, rope, rubber stamps, table and fancy sails, 
beet sugar, ales and beer, soda and mineral waters, shoxvca.ses, 
galvanized iron and copper cornices, glass, hats and caps, iron 
and asplialtum, paints, soaj), shoe polish, tin-ware, trunks and 
traveling bags, vinegar, wash-boards, whips, wood carving, yeast 
powder and washing soda, land plaster and plaster paris, hats 
and straw goods, crockery, matches, nails, cutlery, pumps and 
one silk factory. Most of these are operated upon a small 
scale, and though prosperous, are in need of additional capital, 
thus offering inducements for men of wealth and enterprise to 
locate and make investments with assurances of almost immedi- 
ate and substanti.U returns. There is also a field here for 
skilled labor and as the compensation is liberal, while rents and 
the rosl of living are comparatively low, there can be no ques- 




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Photo by ShipJcr. 

become one of the most potent, if not indeed the most valuable 
of the ventures undertaken. The city's position, together with 
the fostering care of enterprising business men, have brought 
about such results, and the consensus of opinion is that within a 
comparatively brief period. Salt Lake City will take position of 
one of the most prosperous centers in the West. Statistics of a 
recent date are not available, but according to the reports of 
K. G. Dunn & Co. for Isillj, the capital invested that year in busi- 
ness, exclusive of banking, real estate and buildings, approxi- 
mated gll),(HlO,(i(Ml, of which, a by no means inconsiderable 
proportion was employed for manufacturing purposes, giving 
employment to an army of skilled workmen, to whom thousands 
of dollars were paid in wages, and producing an annual output 
approximating millions of dollars in value. These embrace 
every conceivable variety of productions which are distributed 
over the neighboring states and territories to the enrichment of 
both the factor and the consumer. Among the products for 
which Salt Lake City is specially noted, are boots and shoes, 
burned and pressed brick, carriages and wagons, carpets, 
cigars, burial cases, wire fences, harness, sadlery and collars. 



MK. HENKY S.\DLEK'S UESIUKNCK. 

tion that the accession of this class of artisans will be attended 
with profit to themselves, as also to the interests of the city and 
countrv. 



Jrai)8portati09 paqilltles. 

\o single agency has contributed more powerfully to the 
building up of Salt Lake City than the very complete and 
desirable transportation facilities at hand. Not only have 
they acccmpli^■hed much in the behalf mentioned, but for the 
future, in that they afford unequalled opportunities for expan- 
sion, for constant accessions to the population, improvements 
in the city and correspondingly low rents, invitations for the 
location of industries, mercantile undertakings, residents, etc. 
as persuasive as they are necessary. The city is connected 
with all parts of the United States by lines of railway that 
stretch out in every direction. New York and the East as also 
San Francisco and points on the Pacific coast are reached via 
the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Utah Central and Rio 
Grande Western systems, while the Utah & Northern and 






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Oregon Sliurt Line roads furnish expeditious communication 
witli Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Besides these 
the Burhngton and Missouri, Chicago and Northwestern, Mil- 
waukee and St. Paul, Rock Island and Pacilic, Chicago and Al- 
ton, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe are extending their several 
fields of operation thitherward with the least possible delay. 
Branches of the roads centering in Salt Lake have been con- 




I'h. 



A. I.. I 



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structed to Tintic. one of the most [irominent mining towns in 
the Territory; the LUah and Xevada has been extended to Gar- 
field Beach and Tooele, with a supplemental line known as the 
Hchii I'urk City branch running to the Park City mining 
district. Little Cottonwood cafion and the mines at Bingham 
canvon have been made tributary to the city by the Rio 
Cirande Western, and other points contiguous and remote will 
l)e drawn nearer to Salt Lake City in the near future, .\mong 
the prospects determined upon is a road to 
the Deep Creek country, one of the ri( 1r>i 
mineral districts in the world; the Utah, Xe- 
vada and California to run from Provo through 
the rich southern country to the borders of 
L'tah; a road is also to be built from Provo to 
Park City via Provo canon, connecting with 
lines for the city, also one from the city to .Sol- 
laire Beach on the Great .Salt Lake. The ( Ireat 
Salt Lake and Hot Springs road, in progress of 
construction, has been completed to Centerville 
and is now in operation to that point. In 1891 
tlie average increase in the traffic of the roads 
running into Salt Lake City was about twenty 
per cent. 

In the month of April, 18!)0, the city granted 
fianchises for the construction of two lines of 
street railways to be operated by electricity. 
-Since then fifty miles of track have been com- 
pleted, and two electric systems with cars and 
ecjuipments of the most modern and luxurious 
pattern supply a service not surpassed by that 
of any city in the United .States. The city contains over 
one hundred miles of street railways, radiating in all direc- 
tions and furnished the very highest class of facilities for 
rapid transit. It might here be stated that the subject of intra- 
mural transportation has been widely discussed by capitalists 
and citizens of Salt Lake City, and every determination is mani- 
fested to meet all possible requirements of an expeditious and 
thorough service. Additions will be made to that at present in 
use, and improvements will be introduced as rapidly as needed. 



Ur)\or) StrocK Yardg. 

The L'nion .Stock Yards Company was organized ;ii()ctober, 
1890, the stock being subscribed for by leading capitalists and 
citizens of Salt Lake City, Omaha and other western points. 
A tract of land containing 305 acres, being a portion of what 
is known as the old Cooper farm, was purchased and prepara- 
tions entered upon for improving the same. 
P~or some months subsequent, however, a com- 
lunation of causes prevented the inauguration 
of active operation, finally, it was decided to 
issue bonds to the extent of 850,000, to run five 
years with six per cent, interest, with the pro- 
ceeds of w-hich, work could be commenced. 
This was accordingly done, and on the first of 
last January, the bonds were disposed of to the 
Kansas City Stock Yards Company. Up to a 
iS •< ftte recent date the improvements were of limited 
II J-C'8j[^ dimensions, but work will be prosecuted to a 
successful finality without delay. Those con- 
templated embrace an exchange building, sta- 
bles for the accommodation of stock, railway 
tracks, hay and feed barns, cattle scales, water- 
works, etc., with every other known improve- 
ment requisite to a complete and satisfactory 
service. In addition to these, the handlers of 
tlressed meats at Salt Lake City and elsewhere, 
have made proposals to the stock yards com- 
pany for the building upon the grounds of 
extensive plants for the slaughter and packing of cattle, 
sheep and hogs; for the erection of tanneries and wool 
scouring establishments, and for the manufacture of leather 
from hides and skins of all sorts by chemical process 
.•\ large amount of capital is now being expended in the pre- 
liminary work and the satisfactory shape in which the project 
now is, is the subject of enthusiastic congratulation. The yards 
will be located in Davis county, in communication with ])oints 




Photo by Stiipler. 



MKS. JENNINGS' Kc;SlDENl-E. 

east and west by the Rio Grande Western, the Union Pacific, 
Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs roads, and their connecting 
lines. 



5fje |Mat:ural Cjaj Di^ui?Iop/i\ei7ts. 

The .American Natural Gas Company was incorporated 
February 24, 1891, with a capital of §5,000,000, for the purpose 
of developing natural gas discovered in the regions north and 



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west of Salt Lake City. Preliminaries havin>j been considered 
for the lease of what is known as the "Great 15asin," an area 
of 1'2,000 acres, including the portion of the Great Lake 
between the Antelope. Otiuirrh, 1- arniington and Wasatch 
Faults. \\'ork was commenced near Farmington. and early in 
December, ISill, gas was tapped at a depth of r»0 feet. It 
l)inst fortli with such volume as to be heard for over a mile 
distant, and becoming- ignited, until extinguished thn)iit;li 
tlie combined labors of the residents of the 
neighborhood, burned with a degree of fury 
indescribable. Since that date two additional 
wells have been sunk with successful results, 
and more are in progress of construction. 
'I'he company has obtained a franchise grant- 
ing it the right of way to construct gas main> 
through the streets of Salt Lake City for the 
purpose of supplying gas for heat, fuel and 
motive power. The future of natural gas in 
Salt Lake City is of course impossible of a sat- 
isfactory solution at this time. Those who an- 
versed in the sciences, however, and have de- 
voted no inconsiderable investigation to this 
recent outliurst of nature.so to speak, areof thr 
opinion that wherever it can be made availa 
l)le it will not only flow- for an indetiniti 
period, but with increasing volume. If sucli 
conclusions are realized this interest adds one 
more to the resources of Salt Lake, and will 
resolve the city into one of the greatest be- 
tween the oceans. 



JIpe put:ure. 

The city now contains a population of nearly sixty thousand. 
Its history has not been altogether free from \-icissitudes, nor 
fraught with experiences altogetlier sunny. Vet bright memo- 
ries blossom out of the shadowy past, glorifying and beautifying 
its dinniess, and tinting the years to come with colors of never 
ending fascination. Xo city in the United States possesses 
greater possibilities. The year 1S91 witnessed an improve- 
ment over the business of 1H9(). The total transactions of the 
clearing house aggregated more than §80,000,1 Mil). The volume of 
business in commercial, transportation, manufacturing. Jobbing 
and trade lines generally was gratifyingly encouraging, while 
the assessed valuation of jiroperty advanced from S.>i,3.5;i,000 



to S.')7,9().5,(jG.S. The transfers of real estate lor the year repre- 
sented a total valuation of nearly twenty millions of dollars. 
In the matter of rents, there was an increasingly steady 
demand for residences, business blocks, manufactories and 
manufacturing sites at figures that assures to holders and 
investors a splendid interest on their money. The country 
tributary to the city has been prospered almost beyond prece- 
dent and llie benefit to the city has been corresjionding. The 




li.Mil) HOUSE, SALT LAKE CITV. 

assets of the city amount to S104,:W(i,ltKSL' witli liabilities 
aggregating Sl,O.")O,()00, borrowed on bonds in various sums, 
dating from IW.'^, for the purpose of permanent improvement 
and for which two per cent, per annum is jiaid. 

The future of Salt Lake City is no longer problematical. 
Taking the past as a criterion, the conclusion is irresistible 
that a greater growth and more perfect and general develop- 
ment is coming. What, if anything, is needed to promote 
their speedy arrival is capital. To those who contemplate 
a change of base, either for residence or business pur- 
poses, the city offers unsurpassed inducements. The monied 
man who seeks new fields of enterprise for the investment of 
his resources will be welcomed, and the householder, the 
laborer, the student, the professional man and the artist will 
be greeted with a hospitality as universal as it is sincere. 





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REAL KSTATK. 



A desert, region. A handful of religionists seeking a new 
home. An oasis in the "Great American Desert." A Trans- 
continental IJaihvay. An attractive stopping place for tourists 
— to investigate a peculiar region and the wonderful (ireat 
Salt Lake. .\ quiet city growing slowly. A few land specu- 
ators briugiug in neir monei/. A few strangers investigating 
and beginning to appreciate the wonderful advantages of the 
land-locked Empire, and the combination of resources and 
attractions of the peculiar city. A sudden, incveiisc in land 
values. A great awakening among home people and a great 
influx of live men from the surrounding States and Territories. 
A great city being built up with massive buildings, pjlectric 
cars, beautiful homes, new railroads, a new appreciation of 
great mineral springs, the Great Salt Lake, mountain resorts 
and the advantages of the city as a sanitarium. Splendid 
mineral developments in regions directly tributary to the 
city. Gradual extension of commercial relations. (Jreat 
stock yards and packing houses: natural gas — supplying 
light for the homes and fuel for hundreds of factories. 
Magnificent hotels. The tourist resort of the West. The 
most prosperous and attrHctive city of its size in the New 
World. Such is the story of Salt Lake City. Its real estate his- 
tnry is unique and surprising. The few tran.sactions in early days 
consisted chietly in trading cows or horses for city lots. Any- 
body could own almost a farm within the city limits. 

in 1887 a few speculators foreseeing a great future for the 
city, and realizing that prices were ridiculously low, began to 
invest in real estate. The first buyers came from Colorado 
and Iowa. 

Many came to investigate, but only a few had the nerve 
to invest — the few who had watched the growth of other 
Western cities not so favorably situated as Salt Lake City. 
il/oiici alone was needed to work the change. 

With 18M8 the great awakening came. The combination 
was too great to remain unappreciated longer. A Chamber of 
Commerce had been organized just before and its good work 
was quickly recognized. Southern California was enjoying its 
"boom." Pnget Sound cities were springing up at a lively rate. 
Spokane and Denver were prosperous. The conditions were 
right for Salt Lake City to advance, and a mighty step forward 
was taken. New men and new moiiii/ came from all directions. 
-\s before, many came to investigate. Some believed, but 
many who did not investigate fully were discouraged b\ the 
sneers of the bears and fossils, and passed on to other places. 

"None hut tlie brave deserve Ihe fair,'' and looking backward 
tol888 we are not surprised that many who came did not remain. 
Then our own Mining men— taking millions from Utah's hills — 
were sending their money to other points for investment. With 
only a partial acquaintance and friendship between the mer- 
chants and factional tights being the rule rather than the 
exception, business men did not impress strangers favor- 
ably. 

In other places politics and religion were kept away from 
business relations; here they seemed to be a part of the very 
existence of the people and entered into and sotired every 
relation in life. 

The progress and the changes since 1887 have been remark- 
able. A better feeling has grown up between the classes. A 
spirit of enterprise has taken the place of apathy. And our 
mining kings are keeping their money at home, developing 
home enterprises — new buildings, ear lines, factories, etc. 
Public improvements in the city have kept up with laud values 
and we have to-day a city of nearly 6(1,000 with a good sewerage 
system, a water system owned by the city, (and valuable 
enough to offset the entire bond indebtedness) OtiO miles of 
Electric car lines, paving well under way, many miles of good 
sidewalks, the best hotels between Omaha and San Francisco 
and in fact all the advantages and facilities of a Metropolitan 
city. 

With the remarkable advancement of the city, the region 
tributary has been enjoying a splendid growtb. The spirit of 
progress has taken hold of the people. Immense irrigating 
works and manufacturing institutions have been completed 
and many more are under way. Immense sums are being 
expended in the development of new mining districts and all 
classes are now engaged in the mining industry. A large 
amount is being expended in the improvement of the bathing 



resorts. Sulphur Springs, railroad work, etc., and, on every road 
we see the results of the splendid work started by the energy 
and money of a few speculators in 1887 in Salt Lake City. Money 
did it and money will continue to force progress in Utah with such 
rapidity that the " Utah problem" will soon be a thing of the 
past. The man who hesitates to invest now in Utah or to 
investigate the claims of Salt Lake City, should study the 
power of money as illustrated in the developments of the 
past three years. 

5alt CaKe <?ity l^eal Estate 

Is on a solid basis. The panic wiiich has, during the past 
twelve months, prostrated all business, has had a less depress- 
ing effect here than in other western cities. This statement 
is verified often by the investigations of investors who are 
interested in many of the western cities. A good portion of 
our unimproved city laud is owned by noo-residents — men 
abundantly able to hold and impro%-e I heir property, many of 
whom intend to close out their business at other places and 
make their permanent homes here. The whole town, there- 
fore, is not "for sale" as has been said of so many western 
cities. Salt Lake City is both an "Old" and "New" town, 
with the advantages of both. 

In comparing prices of particular classes of property in 
different cities, it is difficult, of course, to state values with 
absolute fairness and accuracy as circumstances and conditions 
vary to such a great extent. It is safe to claim as true the 
statements of the many who investigate and who assert 
that, considering the present conditions, and the pros- 
pects for the future, real estate valuations in Salt Lake 
City are very much under the ruling prices in other 
western cities. Many western cities being built upon 
the plains, or upon low hills, all directions are available tor 
building sites. In Salt Lake City the area is not so great. 
Only two directions are available for desirable residence pur- 
poses, and from one to tn'O and a half miles from the centre 
the mountains interfere with the street extensions. Choice 
residence property in the older portions of tbe city, within a 
few minutes' ride from the centre, is worth from -5.50 to Sl.'in per 
front foot. Splendid building lots, with advantages of city 
water and electric ear service (and suburban lots withia fifteen 
minutes' ride), can be secured at prices ranging from 8200 to 
8 1,500 per lot. 

Busii>e85 property 

Is held at reasonable prices when compared with the values in 
other cities, where business diftricts are not necessarily con- 
fined as in Salt Lake City, with its wide streets (132 feet) and 
its large ten-acre blocks. 

Our best business property is worth from $.iOO to $1,-500 per 
front foot, second-clsss business locations being held at from 
S200 to 8.500 per foot. Many fine building sites, which will 
soon be valuable for retail business purposes, can be secured 
now at from $2.50 to 8400 per foot. 

Building lots, to accommodate factorv operatives, are worth 
81(10 to 8 H( 1(1 each. 

Lands for manufacturing purposes, with railroad trackage 
facilities, can be supplied at reasonable prices, and manufac- 
turing institutions seeking new locations are able here to 
find favorable sites at very low prices, and oftentimt s free of 
charge. 

It is believed that at the present time 

Salt CaKe C;,ity Offers to tt^e Ir^uestor 

Home-seeker and invalid greater inducements than can be 
found elsewhere. Combinations win, and Salt Lake City pos- 
sesses the combination of Wealth and Health, which must be 
appreciated. For 1802 the progress of the city will be very 
great. The wonderful discovery recently of 

fJatural Qaj 

Is alone sufficient to double the population. The inducements 
to manufacturers are now so great that attention will be directed 
quickly and large plants located in the near future. 







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A uew field is now 
opeuto Mamifacturesanii 
the luter Mouutain reg- 
ion, so riclj iu raw mater- 
ials, will soon be noted for 
the variety of its factor- 
ies and tbe advantages 
of borne industries. 

Tf?i? Ur>ioQ 5t:o<;K Yards 
<?ompar)y, 

In which Omaha and 
Kansas City Capitalists 
are interested, has ex- 
pended large sums and 
the results of the opera- 
tions of this coiupauy are 
Dot appreciated yet. Per- 
sons aoijuainted with the 
growth of cities in In- 
diana and Ohio due solely 
to Natural (las, and to 
the t'rowth of Omaha 
and other citifS owing to 
the Stock Yards and 
racking houses, will real- 
ize that this combination 
must surely force Salt 
Lake City ahead rapidly 
iu 1892 and 1893. 

fis a (;il:y of Hom'?S 

Salt Lake is gaining in 
population rapidly. Here 
are the homes of the men 
who direct the mining 
stock and commercial en- 
terprises of the great 
Basin region between th< 
Rocky Mountains and th( 
Sierra Nevada. Many per 
sons from the surrouu.l 
ing states are securin, 
their home sites as S:i 
Lake City is the pla.' 
where they will tinall 
live and educate their 
children. 




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f\& a Summer Presort 

Thousands are attracted to Salt Lake. Many come to see and 
decide to remain. 

" The climate suits us," they say. Salt Lake City with its 
wonderf al lake and mouutaia's is the natural 



As the objective point for 
all new railroads pushing 
to the West, it merits the 
attention of enterprising 
people who may lie look- 
I ing for new locations. It 
is the Metropolis of a re- 
gion the resources of 
which are just beginning 
to be appreciated and 
which will surely surprise 
the inquirer. In Utah 
alone the resources are 
suflicient, when fairly de- 
veloped, to support many 
good cities. 

The progress of I'tah 
for 1892, must be rajjid. 
Tlie wonderful strikes in 
the Mining Camps, the 
extension of irrigating 
systems, the increase of 
the products of the ran- 
ges, the new railroad 
building now assured, to 
open a new Transcontin- 
ental route, and the ef- 
forts now Ijeing made to 
spread to the world the 
advantages of the cli- 
mate, will certainly repro- 
duce here the great ex- 
pansion so noticeable in 
Colorado during 1889, 
1890 and 1891. 

UtaY) U/apts f^0T}ey 

To assist in developing 
her wonderful resources. 
Profitable investments 
can be made in many 
branches of bupiness as 
well as in City Real Es- 
tate and Range lands. 

Our own people have 
not sufficient capital to 
engage in thework of de- 
velopment to the eitent 
resources warrant. 
Money is wanted from the outside. It will be safe, and with 

ordinary care in placing capital, large profits can be secured. 
Our'priispects are bright, we ask a careful investigation of 

our claims, feeling sure that the attractions which have drawn 

so many new people to Zion since 1887 are great enough to draw 

many more during 1892. 



^u(t\p\er l^esort of ttpi? f/^vu U/(?8t. 

Its climate and attractions now are sufficient to jiistifv a 
population of ltlO,(lOU. 

-Vs the great Commercial Center between Denver and San 
Francisco, its business must increase gradually and rapidly. 




TF)C 5^1^'"^ Lal^c C^va^rnb^r oi (pmm?rcc 



Was organized April 6lh, 1887, by the election of the following 
officers: President, W. S. McCornick; First Vice-President, 
S. P. Teasdel : Second Vice-Prf sident. F. W. Jennings; Secre- 
tary. Hugh Wallace: Treasurer, T. R. .JoLes. Directors: W. 
H. Remington, W. S. McCornick. S. P. Teasdel, F. W. Jennings, 
Jas. (ilendenning, J. C. Conklin, Fred. .Vuerbach, H. L. .\. 
Culmer, M. H. Walker. A. Hauauer. Ofo. A. Lowe. 

At the close of the year 1891, the Chnml er was officertd as 
follows: President, Frfd. Simon; Firft Vice-President. Jno. 
W. Donnellan; Second Vice-President, Ileber M. Wells; Treas- 
urer, G(o. M. Dowcev; Secretaiy, H. ^'. Mehv. Dirfctors: 
Fred. Simon, Jno. W. DoDEellan, Heber M. Welle, C. K. Want- 



land, Spencer Clawson, Harvey Hardy, David James. S. W 
Morrison, Wm. H. Shearman. W. H. Irvine, T. G. \yeliber 
At the annual election held iu January. IV.ni. Col. Jno. W. Don- 
nellan was elected preeidenl and S. W. Sears was chosen its 
Rf^orst ft r V 

To those who are unacquainted with tbe history and growth 
of Salt Lake City it may be well to say, that at the time of the 
organization of the Chamber of Commerce there was great 
need for its existence. It is a coincidence worthy of note, 
that C( ntemporaneonsly with its existence (from 18^7 to 1891 (, 
Salt Lake City enjoyed her greatest growth. For the first time 
in the city's history- under the benign influence of the Chbm- 



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ber — the hitherto cross-purposes of the public- 
spirited and progressive business men were re- 
conciled, united and concentrated, to do service 
for the general good. 

Whenever the good and true men of any com- 
munity forget petty personal ditferences, and 
throw their combiced strength into measures and 
schemes for the general advancement, fortune 
seems to smile on their endeavors. 

The pluck and energy of the live men of 
Chicago have made the World's Columbian Ex- 
position on the Lake shore a possibility. Who 
will say at this time, that Chicago will not reap a 
most bountiful harvest as a result of her inde- 
fatigable zeal for the success of this gigantic un- 
dertaking ? Who will say that she will not add 
largely to her accumulated wealth for every dollar 
expended iu its interest ' A conservative esti- 
mate will readily place the ratio of Salt Lake 
City's benefit for every dollar expended by the 
Chamber since its organization, as twenty to 
one; and that as a direct result of the efforts of 
that organization. 

It is true that the work of the Chamber, in 
the past, has been seen most in the channels of 
advertising. Through its efforts some few facts 
and figures relative to the mining and agricul- 
tural achievements iu these mountains and 
valleys, or some pen or brush paintings de.scrip- 
tive of their wealth and beauty, have found their 
way into almost every hamlet throughout the 
length and lireadth nf this broad land. The 
fame of Utah and the Valley of the Jordan, the 
fertility of her soil, and the great mineral wealth 
of her miglity mountains, only partly concealed 
by tijeir overshadowing grandeur, have now be- 
come proverbial. 

Tliis advertising was necessary, and it has been 
most fruitful. Up to the time of ihe commence- 
ment of the work of the C'hamber, nothing was 
known of this vast region aside from the fact 
that it was the stronghold of Mormonism. At 
the present time information concerning Salt Lake 
City in particular, and Utah in general, is sought 
after from every part of the United States. 
Those who are seeking new places in which to 
recuperate their failing health or shattered 
fortunes, or to invest their surplus capital, turn 




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toward this most promising valley. To the mind 
of the Cbambfr it was neceesaiy that the world should 
know something of the great advantages of this great 



inter-monutain country. What they have written has been well writ- 
ten; but every day the country unfolds new and grander attractions, 
and greater resources th;.n the most enthusiastic ever dreamed of, 
and they begin to see how feeble and inadequate were their most glow- 
ing oontiibntious. In conjunction with this extensive advertising, and 
following closely upon its heels, has ccune the more substantial 
woik of the Chamber. .\s yet, to a great extent, this city is in the 
formative state, and new questions of public policy are constantly 
taken up and ably handled by the Chamber. The detail work is there- 
fore very extensive, and can scarcely be ajipreciated by the commun- 
ity. Thf Chamber has been slow in encouraging questionable manu- 
facturing enterprises, and has thus saved the public much money 
in ill advised bonuses, from which other Western cities have snlfered 
greatly. To bona fide and reputable manufacturing enterprises, how- 
ever, the Chamber has given substsntial and valuable aid. 

It may be said of this community, that there are no manufacturing 
enterprises appealing within its holders that !.re not payirg and grow- 
ing into permanent institutions. Among the movements now on foot, 
and largely through the irtinence of the Chamber, are the Deep- 
Creek railway i)rojeet, the Union Stock Yards and l^acking House 
project, a systematic contioversy with the railroads looking to an ad- 
justment of the freight and tranFportation ratfs to and frcm Salt Lake 
City, and the preparation of a bill for jiresentation to the next legis- 
lature, contemplf ting a revision of the Salt Lake Cily Charter. 

Of the Deep-Creek railway project the Chcmber is f specially solicit- 
ous, as to its mind tbeiein is to be found the key which will unlock 
the secret of Salt Lake City's future and certain supremacy as the 
commercial center of this entire inter-mountain region. A committee 
has now in hand measures for raising S1JJ0,0(I0 or $'2fO,U('0 to aid in the 
construction of the road, with decidedly good promise of success. 

The Union Stock Yards and Packing House buildings are now 
under construction, and only matters of detail are delaying their early 
opening for businees. 

The freight and transportation controversy is also assuming 
definite shape, and pfimanent results are expected to follow in 
the early part of '92. Before proceeding in this important 




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work, tbe Chamber thouKlit it advisable to procure the sub- 
scription of euonijh money niontlily to cover tbe expense of 
employing ii competent and able commissioner to direct the 
movements of tbe Transportation liureau. and to provide for 
nil incidental expenses. This lias been accomplished and the 
work will lieyin after January Ist, IS'.IJ. iMany more etfective 
measures, of more or less importance, have been dilifjently 
prosecuted by this organization, and it is now looked upon as 
the best institution for general good in the city. It has a mem- 
bership of over three humlred, comprising the most active and 
iufiueutial business men of the city, and the handsome build- 
ing, a cut of which appears in this work, is an enduring monu- 
ment to the push anil enterpris> of the live and progressive 
men of Salt Lake t'ity. The chamber is the pride of all citi- 
zens, and its fame, like that of Salt Lake City, has exteixled 
far beyond the confines of its field of action. The recent hickii 
and all-important strike of natural gas, within twelve miles of 
the city, promising an inoxhanstible supply of cheap light, 
heat and power, establishes the fact beyond question, that Salt 
Lake City is about to enter upon a period of unparalleled 
prosperity. It is within the possibilities that such a growth 
will immediately begin as will place her, in a phenomenally 
short ti He, among the greatest cities in the United States. It 
is now held as a certainty, that tbe Chamber of Commerce will 
have its bands full during the coming summer in locating and 
providing for some of the largest manufacturers which have 



ever turned their eyes to the vast country west of the Mississippi 
river. Already, as this article is being written, tbe Secretary is 
besieged with a voluminous correspondence pertaining to these 
gas strikes, and strong prospecting companies are being organ- 
ized daily. Hxperts in gas are slipping in and out of the city, 
and the wires are kept hot between Salt Like City and points 
in Ohio, Indiana and I'ennsylvania. 

The work for the Chamber of Commerce for 1892 is con- 
templated on lines for the furtherance of new railroads, the 
estalilisbment of new freight rates and new factories, and the 
increase in home con8um|)tion of home productions. How 
important a part natural gas will play, in rendering easy this 
work, can scarcely he calculated. 




f\ T^c\?i^W o-f th^ (prrvm^rc? and Industries o-f Utah. 



From the very beginning of the settlement of this Territory, 
the conditions surrounding it, whether observed from a politi- 
cal or social standpoint, were difTerent from those which gener- 
ally connected themselves with the people who settled the 
other territories of this western country. 

Leaving their settlements in the East on account of real or 
imagined persecutions and sufferii gs endured, that state of 
affairs, which, for many years, existed and characterized the 
Mormon people as decidedly differing from the balance of the 
people of this country was bound to develop, and could not 
help but have its influence upon commercial and industrial 
pursuits. 

Indeed, so intense was the religious feeling of this people, 
that all other issues were either used as means of building up 
their religions power, or else relegated into the background as 
secondary considerations. 

Within a short time after the pioneers had settled in this 
valley, we find ttem engaged in various industrial pursuits, 
and while the products were more or less of a crude nature, 
they answered the purpose intended, and obviated the neces- 
sity of the importing of goods from either the eastern or western 
markets. 

Sugar was extracted from sorghum, woolen mills estab- 
lished, which produced clotl.s. blankets and knit goods. 
Wagons and plows of a fair make were manufactured, and 
many other articles were prc.Iuced. useful either on the farm 
or in the homes of the people. Where the means to purchase 
woolen cloths were lacking, the homespun product was con- 
sumed in the making up of clothing. The manufacture of 
boots and shoes became ([uite an industry at an early date, 
and many of our wealthiest men made their first start in life 
in the pursuit of these industries. 

.V number of mercantile houses established themselves, 
which, from time to time, brought train loads of goods across 
tbe plains and disposed of them to tbe people, taking in 
exchange such products of the farm as were raised by the 
people in the ditTerent valleys. 

l-'or many years monev was a scarce or unknown article, 
and not until the mines in Montana and Idaho were discovered, 
was there any visible increase noticeable in the wealth of tbe 
people of Utah. 

With the opening of these mines began an era of prosperity 
which laid the foundation of much of tbe wealth accumulated 
by the residents of this city and Territory. 

With all this, the starting of mercantile concerns was 
delayed, and only in exceptional instances was the contrary the 
rule. 

With the building, however, of tbe Union and Central 
Pacific roads, a change came over this Territory, which, begin- 
ning in \fW, rapidly changed the programme which had 
characterized its earlier hi.story. Mining industries were inaug- 
urated, and manufacturing and mercantile endeavors received 
a new impetus. 



One of tbe first mines developed was the Emma mine, 
which was sold for over S5,C00,0(if) in England, and from that 
moment on a steady iutiux of settlers took place, which has 
continued to this day. 

The commerce of this Territory was also retarded owing to 
the insufficient facilities, but after the coming of the railroads 
the population continue<l to increase, and a number of wealth- 
producing mines were developed. Commerce and manufactur- 
ing industries did not, however, progress in the same propor- 
tion, and we find the city, while surrounded by unlimited 
resources, making but little progress, resulting in a stagnation 
of business, which reached its climax in l^Sfi. Keal estate 
depreciated from twenty-five to fifty per cent., until a sale, 
whenever it was consumated. was looked upon as an extraor- 
dinary event, to be recorded by the diflerent papers of the city. 

.V large commercial company had been organized, called the 
Z. C. M. I., at the head of which was placed the President of 
the Mormon church. 

This institution absorbed, to a great extent, tbe small estab- 
lishments, and for many years supplied the outside settlfments 
with such wares and iiierchandise as were consumed by the 
I)eople. Under such conditions smaller business bouses found 
it up-hill work to gain a foot-hold in this city, and we therefore 
find but few new firms starting up during the succeeding years. 
Such firms as made the attempt from time to time, found them- 
selves obliged to discontinue after a trial of a shorter or loiiger 
period. While the Z. C. M. I. is still a powerful orgaiiizatior. 
presided over by the President of the Mormon church, it has, 
to the greatest possible extent, fallen in line with the balance 
of the business houses established here, and can to-day be 
ranked amongst the largest conservative houses of the country. 
Under the management of Mr. T. G. Webber, as superinten- 
dent of the business part, and Mr. W. H. Rowe, superintending 
tbe manufacturing plant, a model business is carried on, 
aggregating over SO.ODO.tHK I annually, and giving employment 
to many hundreds of people. 

.\ number of thinking men, realizing that something bad to 
be done to change the prevailing depression, conceived tbe 
idea of starting the Chamlier of Commerce, which should have 
for its prime and main oliject the developing of trade, and 
the establishing of various industries for the manufacture of 
articles wanted by the people. In tbe constitution and by-laws 
of the organization, an article was inserted prohibiting the dis- 
cussion of politics or religion in the Chamber of Commerce. 
The intention was to unite all factions, irrespective of creed or 
party, for tbe common good, and a special committee was 
appointed for the purpose of obtaining members. The movement 
was at first regarded by many of the leailing Mormons with 
considerable suspicion. But as soon as a nnmber of liberal- 
minded Mormons realised that the Chamber of Commerce had 
been started in good faith, with but that one aim in view — to 
develop the commercial resources of tbe Territory — these men 
became the most ardent and zealous workers, and are to-day to 



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be found among the most energetic members of the Chamber 
of Commerce. 

One of the first to grasp the situation, was the late Francis 
Cope' (ieneral Freight and Passenger Agent of the Utah Cen- 
tral railroad, who, himself, worked day and night to accomplish 
its establishment. He made tlie remark to the writer of this 
article, that he fully realized what this work meant, but if the 
Mormon church could not continue to grow and prosper in the 
same manner as other churches advanced, he was satisfied to 
see it go down, as it could not then be recognized as a church 
containing the principles necessary for its future prosperity. 

Within a year after the Chamber of Commerce was started 
au exposition car was sent out containing an exhibit of the 
mining and industrial products of this Territory. The car was 
sent all over the country, as far eastward as Syracuse, N. Y., 
and was the means of attracting thousands of people, who 
became investors and residents of this city and Territory. 

The city doubled its population in three years, and in the 
last city election, two years ago, gave the gentiles complete 
control of the municipal government. The same result had 
been achieved in the city of Ogden about one year earlier, 
and the mas-ses of the Mormon people fell into line and joined 
in the march of progress; and, let it be said to their credit, that 
once this policy was adopted, it was carried out with a zeal and 
energy noticeable in various directions. 

Many industries have been established within the past 
three years. In a pamphlet just issued by the Chamber of 
Commerce, dwelling upon the industries of Salt Lake City, we 
fiud the following manufactories represented: Boiler and 
machine shops; manufactories of engines and locomotives; 
mining and milling machines; brass foundry; three extensive 
brewery plants; the Z. C. M. I. factory, which produced during 
the year 1891 114,000 pair of boots and shoes and 10.000 dozen 
overalls: a large plant for the manufacture of fire-brick, water 
and sewer-pipe, grates aud mantels; a large pressed-brick 
plant; a plant producing all grades of brooms, whisk-brooms 
and brushes; carriage and wagon works; three large candy fac- 
tories; four cigar factories; two cracker factories, producing 
eighty-two varieties of crackers; five stone-cutting plants; three 
large fJouring mills; several large plants manufacturing sad- 
dles and harness; two ice and cold-storage plants; six plai ing 
mills aud ten lumber yards; three tanneries; one large cement 
plant; lead pipe aud tinware manufactories; mineral paints; a 
large plant manufacturing wire, hair and wool mattresses; a 
paper mill; canning and pickle factories; i aper boxes and paper 
bags. Oue of the largest industries just developed is the salt 
industry, receiving its inexhaustible supply from the (Jreat 
Salt Lake, The product is now shipped iu car and train loads 
all over the United States. 

The Lehi Sugar Works deserve more than a passing men- 
tion. The works have a capacity for crushing H.'iO tons of beets 
per day, and produced in one run, over a million pounds of 
sugar. 

Two soda and mineral water plants; a large show-case and 



cornice factory; two soap factories, producing both common 
and toilet soaps; a weaving establishment, producing table- 
cloths, towels, etc.; three tent and awning factories; three 
trunk factories; a wash-board manufacturing establishment, 
which produced 1.000 dozen m 1801; two vinegar plants; a 
manufactory of yeast powder and washing soda. The Deseret 
and Provo Woolen Mills produce a very superior grade of 
blankets, Hannels, dress goods, cassimeres and knit goods. 
The product of these two mills aggregates 8250,000 annually. 
The goods are shipped all over the United States, aud have an 
established reputation for superior quality and honesty of 
make. Various other industries have been started in other 
parts of the Territory, of which the writer has no record. 

The general depression of the money market during the 
past year, left its impression upon the city and Territory; as it 
occurred at a time when large sums of money v/ere being 
required for building and manufacturing purposes. With all 
these drawbacks, very few failures have occurred, and real 
estate maintained its valuation in spite of the depression. 

With the beginning of this year, this city is entering upon a 
new era of prosperity of which the signs are apparent iu many 
different directions. The discovery of natural gas within a few 
miles of this city, and possibly right in the very heart of it. 
suggests thoughts of almost illimitable scope. With such 
resources at our very doors, what can prevent making this city 
the largest commercial and industrial center in the West? 
Surrounded liy smelting and manufacturing plants, giving 
employment to many thousands of people, new outlets will be 
found for commerce in a northward aud southward direction 
for a distance of many hundreds of miles. 

It must be conceded that what political agitation and strife 
was not able to accomplish, was achieved by peaceful aud 
progressive measures. The barriers, which, for many years. 
divided the people, are disappearing. Rapidly the people of 
Utah are recognizing the fact that if they wish to enjoy happi- 
ness, peace and prosperity, they must fall in line with the bal- 
ance of the sixty-five millions of people who make up this great 
and glorious nation. When this is accomplished, it will again 
have been demonstrated that commerce is the strongest revolu- 
tionary power, that it accomplishes by peaceful conquest anvl 
by peaceful means, what neither the dungeon, the fagot or 
the sword is able to achieve. 




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The accompanying pages are devoted to brief, but reliable and complete (so far as the same has been 
possible), sketches of the industries and agencies to which the prosperity, shown to-day across the 
Territory of Utah, and the progressive cities within her jurisdiction is in a great measure due. The facts 
and figures cited have been obtained from sources presumably correct, and neither desire nor diligence has 
been spared to make them acceptable to those for whose information the_\-ha\'e been secured, and for whose 
indulgence and liberalit}- the publisher offers his grateful acknowledgments. 




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HENBY DINWOODEY FURNITURE COMPANY. 

The commercial history of Salt Lake (jit.v discloses no biis- 
iuess house which can alvance so many olainis to public favor 
aud notice as that of the Henry Dinwoodey Furniture Company, 
located 37. :i'.t. 41 and 4:i W. First South Street, occupying as it 
does to-day, the most con- 
spicuous i)osilion Rmoug the 
best and strongest establish- ; 
ments in every branch of 
trade in the city, not only on 
account of the magnitude of 
its business antl the far- 
reaching influence of its tran- 
sactions, but for its honor- 
able record throughout 
thirty-four years of the city's 
history. 

The founder of this niam- 
luoth establishment is Mr. 
Henry Dinwoodey, who 
began business on a very 
small scale iu 18.57, prob- 
ably never hoping to re- 
alize the extent of the op- 
erations that now character- 
ize the tirm. In the early 
history of his business career 
Mr. Dinwoodey made his 
own chairs, hauling the tim- 
ber from the nuiuutaius for 
the purpose. His trade was 
then, of course, confined to 
Salt Lake, but it now ex- 
tends throughout Utah. 
Idaho, Nevada, and Wyo- 
ming, with an annual busi- 
ness of half a million. The 
average amount of stock car- 
ried is $20(1,0(10, and embraces 
some of the most elegant and 
costly goods ever seen in 
Eastern emporiums of like 
character. 

The building and grounds 
occupy a space tJ2xll.") feet. 
six stories in heiglit, with a 
warehouse ■1(1x100 in the rear, 
three stories high. Hands to 
the numb er of seventy-five 
are constantly employed in 
the establishment, aud the 
pay-roll is one of the largest 
in "the city. The tirm has re- 
cently been incorporated un- 
der tiie laws of the Territory, 
with Henry Dinwoodey, 
I'resident; .1. A. Jennings, 
^'ice-President; H. M. Din- 
woodey, Manager, and \Vm. 
R. Wallace, Secretary and 
Treasurer. The members of 
this tirm are old residents of 
I'tah, some of them having 
resided here tor over thirty- 
tive years, and are among 
the most respected and sub 
stantial citizens and busi- 
ness men of the entire Terri- 
tory. The phenomenal sue 
cess of the tirm is certainly 
an indication of what pluck 
and per.severance, backed by 
integrity and honor, can ac- 
complish in this modern age, 

IlKNlii' UIX 

BURNHAM, HANNA, HUNGER & COMPANY. 

One bv one the large eastern establishments are realizing 
that Salt" Lake City is rapidly becoming a most important cen- 
ter for commercial operations. In view of this fact, and the 
unquestionable future of Utah and her surroundings, many of 
them have opened branch ottices in her limits. Burnham, 



Haunn, Hunger & Co. ot Kansas City, Mo., have a reputation 
of long standing all over this western country, but not until 
recentlv have thev given Utah special attention. Their repre- 
sentative S.V. She"lp came out here November,18yo,and soon after 
opened otlices and sample rooms iu the Constitution building. 
They have since been enjoying a largely increased business. 
Mr.Shelp continues to study the wants and pleasure of the 




WOOUKY FUliMTTKl^ COMr.\NY. 

trade. In addition to the extensive line of dry goods aud 
notions carried by r.urnham. Uanna, Munger .V Co.. they show 
a very complete line of furnishing goods, shirts, pants.overalls, 
etc., of their own manufacture. Tnis department has received 
special attention, and is deserving a well earned reputation, its 
business operations being especially large, extending.to West- 
ern Colorado and far north as Montana. 



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THE VALLEY-TAN LABORATORY. 

The history of proprietary or 
patent meiliniues, as they are 
termed, discloses a wonderful 
number of different brands 
throughout the world. Many 
of these preparations possess 
valuable raedieal qualities, while 
others are worthless, if not pos- 
itively detrimental. A good 
patent medicine or family rem- 
edy, however, is deserving of 
mention, and the editors of this 
work feel inclined, from the 
well-kunvvn merit and excel- 
lence of its preparations, to give 
tiie Valley-Tan or V. T. R. Laboratory of Mr. C K. .Johnson, 
located at .5-1 and 56 S. West Temple, an extended notice in 
these pages. This enterprising manufactory is essentially a 
home institution in every sense of the word. It deals in and 
manufactures home-made medicines for family use, taking 
advantage of the many valuable remedies growing at our 
very doors, and combining them all with the good rem- 
edies of the known world, to pro- 
duce an effective and useful whole. 
The composition of the various 
remedies was chiefly the result of 
the life-long labors of Mr. .Joseph 
E. .Johnson, the father of the pre- 
ent proprietor. The Laboratory 
was jmt in operation some six 
years ago, by C. E. .Johnson, and 
its success has been a pheuomenal 
one in the history of enterprises of 
this class. 

The preparations of the Labora- 
tory are designated as ''Valley-Tan 
Kemedies," and the "V. T. R." 
trade mark which appears at the 
head of this article is very familiar 
throucrhout the west, .\u analysis 
of the V.T. R. trademark appears at 
the bottom of this article, and will 
be found well worth a perusal, from 
the fact that it is unique and shows 
evidence of much thought and care 
for detail, which is a marked fea- 
ture in all Mr. .Johnson's affairs. 
The principal preparations of the 
Laboratory at the present writing 
are: 

Johnson's Oil of Science. V. T. 
R. Cough Cordial, .Johnson's Gin- 
ger, Ivol-K^ura (.Johnson i. V. T. ]{. 
Canker Syrup, V. T. R. Eye Salve, 
Compound Roueset Pills, V. T. 1!. 
Liniment, Johnson's J'^ssenee of 
Life, Johnson's Peach Tonic, Magic 
Corn Cure, .Johnson's Blackberry 
Tonic, V. T. R. Worm Lozenges, Baboria (.Johnson), Johnson's 
Wine of Wormwood, Johnson's Juniper Tonic, .Johnson's Pills, 
V. T. R. Lung Troches and other articles such as Elixirs, 
Syrups, Tinctures, etc. 

The excellence of these medicines are amply exemplified in 
the numerous testimonials that Mr. Johnson has received and 
also by the gold medals, diplomas, etc., awarded him at the 
Territorial Fairs. 

Joseph E. Johnson, the di.scoverer and inventor of these 
valuable remedies, was born in Xew York State in 1817. At 
a very early age he manifested a disposition to follow the prac- 
tice of medicine, and began to study the nature of remedies 
and theory of diseases as well as he could in so early a day. 
Following this up, he gathered herbs, roots and barks and com- 
pounded them for neighbors and friends, and was among the 
first to note the evil effect of mineral poisons and endeavor to 
find vegetable substances possessing the benefits without the 
damages attending them. 

He was passionately fond of plants and flowers, both for 
their beauty and remedial qualities. By his discovery some ten 
or twelve new varieties of plants have been added to the botany 
of the United Statfs, four of which were named after him by 
Government Botanists. .Joseph E. .Johnson was in many 
respects a remarkable man. He was of a roving disposition 
but always had an ob.ject in view, viz.: To make "the desert 
blossom as the rose." He sought always to develop new terri- 




Phi.ti.liyS. A.T. 



tory, and was ever among the advance guard of the J)auiel 
Boone type of pioneers, who set their faces toward the land of 
the setting sun. Whenever a railroad caught up with him 
he pulled np stakes and moved forward. 

In 1818 he emigrated to Nebraska, where he established 
large supply stores for furnishing and outfitting the overland 
emigrants to California. He also embarked on the sea of .iour- 
nalism and was editor and proprietor of the first paper printed 
on Nebraska soil. He edited and published the Oinalia Arroic, 
the Council Blitffs Biajle, the (.'rescent City Oracle, the ]Ve.<itern 
Bugle and the tfuiitKiiian's Echo. He was also postmaster at 
Council Blufl's, Iowa, for several years and assisted largely in 
the development of that State as well as Nebraska. He made 
a visit to this territory in 1851 and was very much impressed 
with the future prospects of Utah, and returned home with the 
intention of moving out as soon as circumstances would per- 
mit. He returned in 18(j1 and established a home at Spring 
Lake Villa when V\nh was still "Deseret" and published the 
Farmers^ Oracle. He moved on vard to St. George in ]8(i8, 
where he remained until 1882. He here published the Rio 
Virgen Times aud Utah Pomoloi/ist, dnnns M of which time 
he oommmded the confidence and respect of all. In 188i', in 
company with other members of his family, he removed to 
Temple, Arizona, at which place he died the same year. Before 
his death he gave to his son, Mr. C. 
E. Johnson, who had been his con- 
stant companion and co-laborer all 
his life until within a few months 
of his death, all his recipes, formu- 
las, etc., with the desire that they 
should be manufactured aud placed 
upon the market in projier shape. 
With the establishment of the V. 
T. R. Laboratory, Mr. C. E. Johnson 
infused new life, and inaugurated 
many changes in the method of pre- 
Iiaring the medicines by which 
more elegant preparations resulted. 
The labels, wrappers, circulars, 
etc., were all made in new and 
neat designs, the printing being 
done in Mr. .Johnson's own V. T. 
R. printing office where two presses 
are kept busy all the time, the 
office being uder the more immedi- 
ate care of Mr. (i. W. .Johnson, a 
brother rjf the proprietor. Xew 
moulds for the special V. T. R. 
bottles were made, new engravings, 
e c.,were obtained, and a uniformity 
never before attained in the history 
of the remedies is the result. 

There is one thing which Mr. 
.Johnson desires especially to in- 
form the public, and that is the 
fact that the Valley-Tan Remedies 
are not intended to take the place 
'7 ^ y^ ^ ^«_--vi y of a phvsiciau, but rather as 

*:::^::^^<yZ-^^<^^'lX an aid to him. For instance, 
take the V. T. R. Cough Cor- 
dial. If there is any need of a preparation to ease a cough 
in connection with an;/ disease, instead of writing a prescrip- 
tion for a special mixture, the cough cordial is already pre- 
pared, is always the same, and, being sold at all stores, is easily 
obtained. It can be taken at the same time with other medicines 
and does not interfere with its action. All the V. T. R. prepar- 
ations are the same. They will never do any harm under any 
circumstances. It is a sad fact that human nature is so 
suspicious of anything produced at home, and many people are 
so prejudiced that they will not give home produced articles a 
trial. For this reason many persons have hesitated to test the 
virtues of the Valley-Tan remedies. Those, however, who have 
tried them have been so pleased with the result that they 
keep them always at hand thereafter. Should any of the 
readers of this book who have not already done so, feel like 
trying any of the remedies, Mr. .Johnson will be pleased to fur- 
nish theni free samples for the purpose. To use Mr. Johnson's 
own words: "If I can only get people to try them, or even to look 
at them, they will be pleased I am sure, and feel like encour- 
aging a home enterprise." They are put up in as good style 
and are as cheap as the same class of imported articles. They 
are much better adapted to the cure of the various diseases as 
they occur in the mountain regions than those brought from 
other locations. 

The Laboratory is situated in a large building 36x120 feet, 
where a number of persons are kept busy putting up the reme- 




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(lies, the preparing; of the same beiiifj lioue by Mr. JohusDu 
only. 

Mr. Charles K. Johusun, better known as "Charlie' Johnson, 
the proprietor of this interesting ami valuable home industry, 
was born in St. Louis, Jlissoun, but has resided in I'tah prac- 
tically all his hfe. "My dear little mother walked across the 
plains — from Omaha to Utah"— says Mr. Johnson, "and I of ten 
contrast her dreary and perilous journey with the journeys 
over the same K'onuil to-day, especially when I hear .-iome lady 
friend remark "we had a ilreadfully tiresome ji>uriiey ivia 
I'ullmau palace sleeper)." He is thoroughly idenlitied with 
Utah in all its interests in a practical manner, and is a man of 
business abilities, is enterprising and liberal in all business 
matters, and is destined to rank among the most prominent 
commercial and manufacturing men of the country. In the 
establishment and operation of this industry he has con- 
tributed materially to the commercial and manufacturing 
prosperity of tlie city, as bis industry is especially a home one. 
The value of such a plant to the city cannot be computed in 
dollars and cents. 

.Mr. Johnson is a 
member of the Salt 
Lake Chamber of 
Commerce, is an 
e(iual partner with 
Mr. P, F. Pratt, Jr., 
in the successful lirm 
of druggists known at 
Johnson, I'ratt A- Co.. 
who have the largest 
wholesale and retai 
drug bouse in Sail 
Lake City, and also ;. 
partner with Mr. Hy 
rum Saiusbury ii 
the leading photo 
graphic Hrmof "S. A 
.). "iS a in s 1) u ry A 
Johnson ). Socially hf 
is recognized as » 
kindly spoken and 
cultured gentleman 
He is very fond tf 
music and a patroL 
of all 1 egi t i m a 1 1 
amusements, and i.'- 
very popular in con- 
seipience therof. In 
all the walks of life 
he is the same genial 
gentleman, witli 
always a e ining lo- 
words "the under 
dog in the tight." 
With these charac- 
teristics tbeie is ni' 
reason to doubt that 
Mr. .Johnson will, in 
the near future, be 
numbered among the 
most honored and 
successful business 
men of the land. 
"There are seven 
.lohnson boys," say.^ 
.Mr. Johnson— "rang 
ing fn in my own age 
ilownward, so that 

there are strong chances that the Valley-Tan Kemedies 
for many years be manufactured by the Johnsons. 



arise again in brighter glory. Light and heat are LlFKj 
Darkness and cold — DE.VTH! The seed dies in the oold 
soil unless the sprout soon reaches the warmth and light of 
THE SUN! Kvery thought of it is sublimel 

The 0.\K WHE.VTH is an emblem of hmg life. The Oak 
tree is looked upon as attaining the greatest age of any- 
thing we speak of as being (dive. 

The L.\UUEL WRIC.VTH an emblem of victory. Man ob- 
tains a victory inexpressible when he has learned to "speak 
no ill, but lenient be to other's failings as his own." Are 
i/oii, reader, in possession of this wreath of laurelV 

The shield -an emblem of protection; its application as 
boundless as time and space. 

The KII5B0N OF LOVE which binds firmer than chains of 
steel. Dynasties are swayed b.v it. 

The MOTrO— virtus SEMI'KK WIRDIS "Virtue is 

ever-bright, or evei-green." 
The sound SYMISOLS, V. T. R. are the initials of the 




S1'1;N('EU, CI.AW: 

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ANALYSIS OS? THE "VALl^ET-TAN TKADK UAKK. 

The (IHCLE— when complete, represents the unending circle 
of time— without beginning or end. The circle is a symbol 
of beauty. It is a symbol of The Earth, and of everything 
above, below, aroiwul. about or upon it. 

The broken CIRCLE typifies the mortal existence. Man 
Cometh np in the morning and goeth down in the evening 
of life. Whence and where, who shall truly tell ? 

The SUX is the giver of all life. It is emblematic of every 
other thing that mankiml comprehends. Its glory typifies 
the Glory of Him we call God. Its daily appearance and 
disappearance illiietratfs the brevity of human life; and 
what more beautiful comparison than the one which leads 
to the thonght that we die and lay our bodies down to 



(IN A ( O.Mr.\N\, WlloLKSM.K llltV liOnDS. 

words Valley-Tax Remedies, CombinatioDB of the sub- 
lime and ridiculous are made from them in almost endless 
numbers. 
The TR.\1)E M.\RK in its entirety makes a neat and tasty 
design by which our friends may instantly recognize the 
preparations emanating from the "V.\LLEY-TAN" or "V. 
T. R." Laboratory. We shall never permit a poor article to 
go out. bearing the V. T. R. Trade mark. 



SPENCEK, CLAWSON & COMPANY. 

Salt Lake City naturally being a great distributing point 
for a larger and vast section of this western country, it is no 
wonder that she stands justly celebrated for the magnitude and 
e.xtent of her trade, and the enterprise of her merchants and 
busicess men. In every branch of trade the city can boast of 






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representative busiuess houses which will compare favorably 
with other cities having a much larger population. With 
reference to commercial affairs, however, it is the wholesale 
dry goods business which must always occupy the most promi- 
nent position as promoting most materially the mercantile 
importance of a community, and in our endeavor to make on 
these pages some lasting and historical record of those firms 
and commerical enterprises, which have mainly contributed to 
the importance and standing that Salt Lake City now holds iu 
the mercantile world, we find none more worthy of special 
consideration, than that which heads this article. This enter- 
prise was established over nine years ago by Spencer Clawson, 
and has had a remarkabl) successful trade since its inception. 
The house carries a S'jO,(100 stock of dry goods, the magnitude 
and excellence of which would be difficult to rival in any store 
in the country. The enterprise is located in a large and com- 
modious four-story building 75xl(:0 feet in dimensions, admira- 
bly arranged tor tie 
rapid transaction of its 
immense business. The 
first floor is devoted to 
staple goods, while fancy 
articles occupy the other 
three floors. Ten assis- 
tants are employed in 
the industry, and seveial 
traveling representa- 
tives, are constantly on 
the road. The trade of 
the firm covers the Ter- 
r i t o r y o f Utah and 
Southern Idaho and its 
annual sales foot up the 
handsome sum of $:3nO,- 
OOU. The stock is the 
most complete in all its 
lines that could be 
imagined, and the varied 
assorlment from which 
to select, leaves no doubt 
of the ability of the 
house to suit and ac- 
commodate the trade 
generally. 

The members of the 
flrm, Spencer Clawson 
and Orson Rogers, are 
among the best and most 
widely known men of 
the Territory. They "are 
natives to the manor 
born " and grew up with 
the country without 
having to emigrate, in 
order to follow Horace 
Greely's advice literally 

Mr. CI a w so n, the 
founder of this mam- 
moth enterprise, occu- 
pies a position in the 
commercial and finan- 
cial circles of Salt Lake, 
that reflects high honor 
upon his abilities and in- 
tegrity. He is a director 
in the State Bank of 
Utah, treasurer of the 
Brigham Young Trust Company, the combined capital of which 
amounts to one million dollars, and a director of the Chamber 
of Commerce. Also director in the Utah Sugar Co., a new and 
important concern in this Territory. In addition to these 
important trusts he ia largely interested and prominently iden- 
tified with many other industries that have a particular effect 
and bearing upon the growth and prosperity of his native city. 
Socially he en,ioys the esteem and confidence of the entire 
community. In all Salt Lake there is probably no man more 
univereally respected and more highly regarded than Spencer 
Clawson. At the last regular municipal election Mr. Clawson 
was elected a member of the board of public works. 

Mr. Rogers is also a gentleman of prominence in both the 
business and social spheres of life, and has a reputation for in- 
tegrity and honor that has never been tarnished by any act of hie. 
All in all, the firm is essentially a strong one, from the fact 
that its members possess a thorough knowledge of their busi- 
ness and are therefore able to euccessfully meet and overcome 
all competition from whatever source. As citizens, none. 



have or could occupy more prominent positions or have aided 
more to elevate and extend the trade and reputation of the city 
of Zion than Spencer Clawson and Orson Rogers. 




. l>y S. & .J . 



SPENCER CLAWSON. 



PHIL NEDER & GEO. M. CLELAND. 

This valuable and well equipped establishment plays a prom- 
inent part among the industrial forces of the city. The con- 
cern was originally established four years ago by Mr. Phil Neder. 
The present firm succeeded to the business in the beginning of 
the last year. The firm occupy a convenient and commodious 
two-story structure SSxloO feet dimensions in which are em- 
ployed twenty-five men engaged in the manufacture of wagons, 
carriages and other vehicles. The firm also build all kinds 

of vehicles to order and 
do a general blaeksmith- 
ing, trimming and paint- 
ing business at 1S!S W. 
Fust South St. The N. & 
C. carriage and wagon 
works have a large 
capital invested iu their 
business and enjoy an 
increasing annual trade, 
their custom being de- 
rived principally from 
Utah. Mr. Phil Neder 
is a practical mechanic 
in the line of iron work 
and devotes most of his 
attention to this branch 
of the business. Mr. 
Geo. M. Cleland is one 
of the finest carnage 
builders iu the land 
and personally superin- 
tends all work m that 
line. He is a native of 
New England while Mr. 
Neder hails from Ohio. 
The latter has been a 
resident of Salt Lake 
for twenty-one years, 
and is one of the best 
known business men 
in the city. The manu- 
facturing facilities of the 
firm are complete, em- 
bracing all the latest 
improvements applica- 
ble to the business, and 
every convenience that 
can be brought to bear 
to facilitate or improve 
productions. Skilful and 
experienced artisans 
only, are employed and 
the work turned out at 
this establishment com- 
mands a wide preference 
in trade, on account of 
its excellent character 
and reasonable prices. 
All orders are filled with 
promptness and despatch and satisfaction guaranteed in all 
cases. The enterprise is one of considerable magnitude and 
exercises a most potent influence for good upon the general 
welfare and prosperity of the community. The proprietors are 
gentlemen of high reputation. Mr. Cleland was for many 
years connected with the Brewster Carriage Company who are 
manufacturers and builders of the finest carriages in the 
world, and was with this fiim when it received the gold medal 
at the Paris Exposition for the best display of goods. He was 
also with Hinks Ar Johnson for some time, who are known as 
the largest carriage builders in the New England States, and 
are successors to Woods Bros, who ranked among the greatest 
manufacturers in the country. With his practical knowledge 
and skill in the carriage-making line it may be predicted with a 
degree of certainity that the Union Carriage and Wagon Works 
will continue to grow and in the near future, be one of the 
largest and most successful institutions of the kind in the 
entire West. 










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ZION'S CO-OPEEATIVE MERCANTILE 
INSTITUTION. 

Staiulinf; prominently at the lieini of tlie frreat commerpial 
bouses of Salt Lake, is the Kxtensive and Veteran Establish- 
ment that forms tlie beadinjf of this sketch. This great insti- 
tution has ehiims upon the attention of the reviewer of the 
business interests of Suit Lake that are paramount to all others 
by reason of its magnituiie and the iutiuence it has bad and 
still has in developing the rescouroes of Utah and advaneing 
the oomnieroial interests of Salt Lake. The high charaiter 
earned l)y twenty years of honorable business enterprise, the 
great resources and facilities accumulated and acquired during 
that time, the experience of the wants of the trade, gained by 
a long observation of its requirements, 
and the energy, business ability and 
liberality, that characterize all oper- 
ations of the house, command for it 
the most conspicuous and honored 
position among all the mercantile 
institutions of X'tah. This great es- 
tablishment was founded on the plane 
of broad, liberal ideas with the view 
of bringing the cost of the necessities 
of life down to a basis of reasonable 
prices. There is an old maxim com- 
monly current in trade of " Live and 
Let Live." This corporation, how- 
ever, thought that they could improve 
upou this old saying and adopted the 
motto of '■ Live and Help to Live," 
and that the same has been a decided 
improvement thousands of the people 
of Utah testify to-day in broad and 
unmistaken terms. The institution 
to-day stands head and shoulders 
above every other line of business in 
the territory in magnitude and popu- 
larity. The organization was origin- 
ally etTected with a capital stock of 
S5(i(),(HH), the stock-holders comprising 
the most intlnential men of Salt Lake. 
The city was then nothing but a village 
but the wants of its people were many 
and the supply was limited. Money 
was scarce and articles of necessity 
were dear. These public spirited men 
realized that something had to be 
done to relieve the pressure upou the 
people. They banded themselves and 
their capital together and paid half-a- 
million dollars in cash to establish 
the enterprise and b>uy goods. Hy 
this means the necessities were pur- 
chased at a lower figure than could be 
obtained on the credit system, and the 
consumer received the benefit of low 
prices. Prior to the establishmejjt of 
this enterprise, the pioneers of '47 had 
blazed the way to civilization and 
progress to a large extent by the open- 
ing of stores and mercantile houses, 
some of which are institutions of con- 
siderable magnitude, and amply able 
to supply the people with all necessary 
goods ill time of fair crops and al- 
though there was at no time in the 
history of the settlement of Salt 
Lake," any immediate danger of a 
famine, the (-ountry was sparsely 
settle.l. Cultivation of the soil 
was limited, transiKjrtation facilities 
were of a primitive nature, and the 
vast house served to allay any 
arisen in the minds of the pople 
ity of the necessities of life and 
and life into the hearts of all 



eBtablishinent in Salt Lake the company has reached out the 
powerful arms and located branches at Ogden, Provo, Logan 
Utah and Idaho Falls, Id., all of whom transact an enormous bus- 
inessannnally. Theinstitutionis located in a large and magnifi- 
cent iron front, 3story and basement building, ]()l>x318 feet, and 
containing in all 12,(100 square feet. The factory is a four-story 
and basement structure ."0x105, and provided with four boilers 
of eighty-horse power each, and two engines of KlO-liorse power. 
The factory has a capacity of .^00 pair of boots and shoes, and 
fifty dozen overalls daily. The drug department is separate 
from the main establishment and is 30x120 feet in dimensions, 
and tilled with the largest and best selected stock to be found 
anywhere in the country. An elevator of the most modem 
construction, which costs $5,000, runs the main establishmeDt 




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ZION'S CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE INSTITUTION. 



estaldishment of this 
fears that may have 
regarding the scarc- 
iufuged new vigor 
by plaaciug Salt Lhke and her 
population beyond the possibilities of want. The [irogress of 
this institutionhas been remarkabk-. Inch by incli, and etep 
by step, it has ascended the ladder of commercial fame until 
now with a stock of one million two hundred and fifty thousand 
dollars, and with annual sales of over four million dollars, its 
stockholders can look down from the high i)edestals of mercan- 
tile 4uperiority upon the grand aucl beautiful work which their 
great enterprise has accomplished, lu addition to the huge 



and runs to all departments except the drng store, thus facili- 
tating the transaction of business, and providing for the com- 
fort of patrons. The establishment supplies nearly, if not all 
the necessities of life, and a majority of the luxuries also, and 
is the most complete in all its details and arrangements that 
coiild be conceived. Kvery department is perfect in itself and 
presided over by competent chiefs with an able corps of assis- 
tants. In this vast institution is employed three hundred men 
and women, and the pay-roll amounts annually to nearly two 
hundred and fifty thousand liollars. The (twenty-second) an- 
nual statement of .April 1. IWl, set forth by this corporation 
shows the rescurces of the fame to be $ 2.311 .fMO.TS. with 
total cash receipts for I be year of 84,f)b8,!;93.t9. Adividtndof 



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three per cent, is [declared quarterly aud paid_,to': thec'etock- 
holders. 

The oiEcers of the corporatioD are: Wilford Woodruff, 
President; Moses Thatcher, Vice- President; T. G. Webber, 
Secretary, and A. W. Carlson, Treasurer, all of -whom are 
among the most prominent and best known men in the Terri- 
tory. The Board of Directors consists of such influential men 
as Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, II. J. Grand, John Sharp, 
Geo. Romney, J. R. Winder, H. Diuwoodey, P. T. Farnswortb, 
J. R. Barnes, W. H. Rowe, and John H. Smith. Several of 
these gentlemen have held the highest positions within the gift 
of the people of the city, and one of them has represented for 
many years the people of Utah in the halls of the National 
Congress. 

The General Superintendent of this vast business, Mr. T. G. 
Webber, is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, calm and placid 
amid all the bustle and excitement incident to the daily trans- 
action of such an enoimous business, is polite alike to patrons 
and his subordinates, and possesses all the characteristics that 
distinguish a real gentle- 
man from the ordinary 
class of men. That he 
is a man of marked abil- 
ity in the commercial and 
financial community is 
plainly attested by the 
successful management 
of this immense corpor- 
ation. Mr. Webber is also 
prominently identified 
with a number of other 
substantial institutions in 
the city, being a director 
of the Zion Savings Bank 
and Trust Company, 
Home Lite, and Hume 
Fire Insurance Com- 
panies, and President of 
the Beneflt Building 
Society. In the manage- 
ment of the business Mr. 
Webber is ably assisted 
by Mr. W. H. Rowe, who 
is a man of great com- 
mercial ability, promi- 
nently aud well-known 
all over the Territory, aiid 
is a director in the State 
Bank, aud Benefit Build- 
ing Society. 

Taken in its entirety 
the Z. C. M. I. presents a 
combination of capital 
and stock, and a gnlaxy 
of sucli prominent officers 
and directors, as to place 
it upon the highest ped- 
estal of commercial tame, 
entitling it to rank among 
the highest and wealthiest 
organizations tliat exist 
upon the broad face of the 
Globe. Its Stockholders 
are to be found all 
through Utah, Xevada, 
aud other Western States 
and Territories. Some 
are also to be found in 
New York and the New 
England States, and its fame as a great institution has gone 
abroad in all the land. 




PhoU) by 8. & J . 



THOMAS G. WEBBEK, Supt. Z. C. M. I 



R. M. JONES. 

Among the practical inventions of the age — and second in 
importance to no others — are those known as Electric Light- 
ing, the Electric Railway and Electric Transmission of Power. 
These stand side by side among scientific improvements and 
discoveries with the Electric Telegraph, the Electric Tele- 
phone, the Generating and Application of Steam and other 
great trophies which genius has wrested from nature's store- 
house. 

Without going into details as to the peculiarities of these 
useful systems, the editor of this work begs leave to submit, 
for the information of its readers, a reference to Mr. R. M. 



Jones, to whom Salt Lake City is largely indebted for her local 
passenger traffic over the systems of electric railways through 
the various streets of the city, aggregating more than sixty 
miles. 

C Mr. Jones is the leading contractor for the construction of 
electric street railways, electric light and power plants, com- 
plete in all departments. 

To him is due the credit for the excellent workings of the 
Central Edison Station at Laramie, Wyoming ; also at Evan- 
ston, Wyoming; at Park City, Utah; the Edison Light at Salt 
Lake City; the Isolated Edison Station in the Union Depot 
at Ogden, and other small installations, together with the 
Electric Railway at Butte City, Montana, and a portion of the 
Electric Radway at Helena, Montana. 

All of the above electrical installations, including the roads 
of both Salt Lake Street Railway Companies, have been done 
under R. M. Jones' personal directions, and under contracts 
from the several local companies directly with him. 

Mr. Jones has been in Salt Lake only about two years, but 

is a thoroughly west- 
ern man, aud is re- 
cognized as a practical 
mechanic of superior abil- 
ity, the successful work- 
ing of all the fore-men- 
tioned plants furnishing 
sufficient evidence of the 
statement. 

His field of operations 
covers a large territory 
and is constantly exteuil- 
ing. lu addition to his 
business as contractor for 
construction — and as a 
necessary adjunct there 
to — he has installed him- 
self in the massive Hooper 
Block, 2.5 East First 
South street, where, in a 
rc)om 30xlU0 feet, with 
ba.sement, he is carrying 
the most complete display 
of electrical supplies west 
of Chicago, and is fully 
prepared to meet all de- 
mands upon him at rates 
more favorable than can 
be had elsewhere. His 
stock of motors and gen- 
erators, from twenty-flvt) 
down to quarter horse 
power is ample for all 
current demands; and his 
stock of bare copper and 
iusiilated wire of all sizes 
aud kinds required in 
railway aud electric light 
coustiuction and repairs 
is complete, .llso wires of 
high insulation for house- 
wiring purposes. His dis- 
play of electroliers and 
combination fixtures, 
also the fiuest glass- 
ware fortixturetriramiugs 
is of the best, and 
in complete variety. 
He also carries in stock a 
complete line of house 
supplies and''electrical test instruments of the highest grade 
manufactured. 

He has in the last few months obtained U. Sj- patents 
for Jones' Insulating Crossing, Jones' Trolley Line and Feed 
Wire, Circuit Breaker, and Jones' Trolley, all of which inven- 
tions were necessities suggested in the successful proeecution 
of his woik, no like appliances havirg been furnished by other 
inventors that fully met the requirements of the service. 

The success of the venture in a general electric supply estab- 
lishment of such proportions in Salt Lake, to meet the demands 
of the wide range tributary to this great inter-mountain, mid- 
continent city, is already assured. 

The ever-growing demand for applications of electric energy 
to every branch of human industry will mark Jones' Electric 
Supply House as one among the leading commercial enterprieeB 
of Salt Lake City. 




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THE LONDON TAILORING COMPANY. 

The special branolies of commercial imlusti y pursueil by 
the dealers iu merchant tailorint; broods aud kiudred supi)lies 
are of such importance, and withal, are so conducive and neces- 
sary to the industrial advancement of the community as to he 
deserving of special mention. Amonj; the firms prominently 
euffaged lu this line of trade is the London Tailoring Company, 
located in elegant and commodious quarters at 53 West Second 
South Street. They occupy as a sales and show-room a space 
IS.'clin, and have live rooms as a work-shop, in which twenty-two 
skilled workmen are constantly employed. The company is an 
incorporated one with a capital of S15,000. The oflicers are: 
M. M. .Vllan, President and Treasurer; .\. E. Bean, Vice-Pres- 
ident am) Manager, and I. \V. lleywood, Secretary. The bus- 
iness of the company has prospered to such a large extent that 
it will soon 1)6 necessary to increase the capital stock an<l em- 
ploy additional workmen. The company has a patronage all 
over Utah and Idaho, aud the work turned out has a just aud 
enviable reputation for 
excellence. They carry a 
tine line of domestic and 
imported goods, which 
they make up at very 
reasonable prices. Mr. 
M. M. .Mian, President 
aud Treasurer, is an ex- 
pert in the merchant 
tailoring business. He 
became one of the part- 
ners of this concern in 
August, ISitl, and his ex- 
perience in the clothing 
business makes him a 
valuable acquisition to 
the company. 

Mr. Allan was born in 
Texas, and removed in 
early life to Kentucky. 
From thence he went to 
Kansas City and conduc- 
tetl a collection agency, 
known as the H. H.Craig 
Law A- Collection .Vgency, 
of which he was manager 
and proprietor. 

Under his able super- 
vision the business 
rapidly increased to such 
proportions that it was 
soon necessary to estab- 
lish branch ollices in St. 
Joe, Omaha and Denver, 
Mr. .\ llan remained at the 
head of the above institu- 
tion for si.v years, when 
he became identitied with 
large wholesale clothing 
houses of Chicago, and 
was, for a longtime, their 
representative in various 
parts of the West. He 
came to Salt Lake City 
in the spring of 18i)l. 

During ^Ir. .Mian's 
sojourn in Kansas City 
he formed a wide circle of 
friends and acquaintances 



guests can live at a moderate expense is the St. Elmo, 271 to 
279 Maine St. ('or. Third South. The house was founded in 
1H81, the present proprietors taking charge in 1SS9. It has 
had a remarkable run of success ever since its opening. The 
hotel is a three story brick structure 10(1x7.') feet in dimension. 
-Ml their rooms are large and well ventilated ami supplied with 
all the modern conveniences for comfort. The house has also one 
large parlor wdiich was fitted up with a special adaption to the 
wants of guests. The hostelry is conducted on the European 
plan, a large restaurant being one of the important auxili- 
aries of the same, where the public can be supplied with choice 
edildes at reasonable rates. The proprietors of this establish- 
ment, Mes-srs. F. Elmendorft' k Co. hail from C'olorado and 
have been residents of Utah for two years. They are thoroughly 
jiractical men in all the duties that pertain to their avocation, 
and enjoy in consequence the full confidence and esteem ot 
the traveling public. In all the public places ot entertainment 
in Salt Lake, where generous accommodations are nfTorded 
the St. Klmo Hotel occupies a leading position and is justly 

entitled tothe partronage 
7 I which is so liberally be- 

stowed upon it. The 
genial landlords are ever 
ready to welcome those 
lesiring to stop with them 
and always take great 
pleasure in supplying the 
wants ot patrons. 




I'hoto by S. & .J. 



W.M. H. UOWH, .\sst. Sunt. Z. C. .M. I. 



and trained a very popular place among them. 

Mr. Bean, the manager and vice-president, is also a skilled 
man in his profession, and for many years carried on a large 
establishment of his own in Kansas City. He is thoroughly 
practical and devotes bis personal attention to all the details 
of the business. 

The secretary, Mr. Heywood, is an active business man, of 
good address, intelligent, and easy in conversation, l)oth of a 
business aud social nature. 



PURSELL'S 
LIVERY & BOARD- 
ING STABLES. 

There is no class ot 
business in which the 
people of a city take more 
Dride than a first-class 
livery stable.where, when- 
ever their friends come to 
visit them, thev can find 
a suitaVile outfit that tor 
style, safety and speed 
is not surpassed any- 
where. Such a place is 
the one under di-^cussion, 
located at 39 W. Second 
South street, or telephone 
Xo. 39. It is in the bufi- 
ne^s portion of the city, is 
well arranged and first- 
class in every respect. 
Horses, carriages, bug- 
gies, and saddle horses 
are ready <lay and night 
for the service of its pat- 
rons. The enterprise was 
inaugurated three years 
ago by Mr. .L N. Pursell. 
and has had a very liberal 
patronage since its incep- 
tion. He occupies a large 
and commodious build- 
ing .30x20(1 feet in dimen- 
sions, with a capacity of 
stabling one hundred 
head of horses. He keeps 
some of the finest drivers 
and saddle horses that 



ST. ELMO HOTEL. 

The hotel business ot any city is in a large measure depend- 
ent upon the traveling public for success and good hotel accom- 
modations are therefore in great demaml in consequence. 
Among u number ot good hotels iu Salt Lake City at which 



ever cut dirt on the soil ot Utah, and no better horses are to be 
found in any other livery establishment in the Territory. His 
buggies and carriages are of the best make and modern con- 
struction, and he has them in abundance. Hemake.s a specialty 
ot keeping fine drivers and saddle horses, while his turnouts 
are acknowledged to be e<iual to any in the city, and in many 
cases superior. Mr. Pursell is an lownn by birth, and in 1W)6 
went to Montana where tor two years he was engage<l iu min- 
ing and ranching with various success. Subsequently he re- 
move<l to Utah and settled at Corrinne where he engaged in the 
livery business for several years, .\fterwards he returned to his 
native state where he remained until lS.tS, when he came to 
Salt Lake aud embarked in his present business, in which he 
has been very successful. Mr. Pursell is an indnstrione, enter- 
prising citizen. Those desiring good rigs should not fail to 
visit his stables, where they will meet with conrteons atteotion 
aud reasonable rates. 



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G. F. CULMER & BROS. 

The growth of any city depends in a large degree upon the 
character and extent of her busiuese houses, and the quality 
and amount of energy and vitality of the men jontrolling the 
same. No city in the world ever rose to a position of commer- 
cial superiority that did not owe the credit of such position to 
the men within her limits. A broad and liberal use of the 
talent that God has so generously vouchsafed to man is the 




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SEO. F. CULMER. 



only way in which a city can ever attain to mercantile pros- 
perity and greatness. Narrow minded men never accomplished 
anything for the good of a country. A ten cent piece is so big 
with them that they cannot see a dollar behind it. It is the 
grand, noble thoughtful business man, with a full sense of the 
powers within him and a trusting confidence in the future of the 
city of his choice, that pushes her onward and upward the ladder 
of fame and grandeur until the top round is reached. Success is 
the guerdon for which all men toil, and although they often labor 




on, comparatively in the dark, without one ray of light to illu- 
minate the semi-darkness of commercial poverty; yet to men 
who have the pluck and pertinacity to hold on, there will come 
ere long, the bright golden sunshine of prosperity and they 
will gather a harvest of shining dollars and better still, per- 
petuate a monument of honorable enterprise and gratitude in the 
hearts of mankind. There are some grand enterprises in Salt 
Lake. Enterprises that reflect credit upon the city, and that 
redound to the honor of the originators and projectors. There 
are bright intelligent business men within her territory that 
have, with a full faith in her future, not only invested their 
money in commercial pursuits, liut in addition, have erected 
costly and magnificent blocks which stand as a substantial 
guarantee of their confidence in the community which they 
have selected as a home. Such men as these, are the ones 
who build up a city. They exemplify the old adage that 
"actions speak louder than words" to its fullest extent and 
are the most influential factors, in all combinations that go to 
make up a great city. The gentlemen composing the firm, 
which heads this article, are men that Salt Lake City ma.v 
well be proud of, and are types of the order that we have des- 
cribed above. Their business is one of the largest and most 
extensive of any character whatever in all the city. In addi- 
tion to being wholesale and retail dealers in paints, oils, var- 
nishes, window glass, and art glass, they are manufacturers of 




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H. L. A. CULMER. 



\V. H. CULMER. 

mirrors and show cases, and workers in art and stained glass. 
They carry a stock of $40,000 and send goods to Idaho, Wyom- 
ing, Colorado, Montana and Nevada, their annual sales amount- 
ing to 8200,000. They have a large three-story brick factory 
and store on Commercial avenue where sixteen skilled workmen 
are constantly employed in turning out goods.the excellent (juali- 
tioe of which, have been publicly acknowled all over the west- 
ern country, in a solid and substantial manner. They have a 
number of traveling men on the road, and the firm transacts 
the largest business in its line of any other enterprise in the 
Territory. In addition to the above business the Culmer Bros. 
are owners andproprietorsof the Western Cornice Works,which 
manufacture galvanized iron work of every description. One 
special feature of this manufacture being improved metallic 
sky-lights, which are taking the lead above all others in Salt 
Lake City. In this department they employ twenty-five work- 
men and do the largest business of this character in all the 
west. They are also interested in and are the practical owners 
of "The Wasatch Asphaltum Company's" mines situated in 
the Wasatch Mountains, the deposits of whicli are the only 
ones in America that are composed of Asphaltie Limestone, 
all others being Bituminous .Sandstone. These deposits closely 
resemble the celebrated Valde Travers and Seyssel, of Switzer- 
land, and are said to be practically inexhaustible. Prom other 
mines they expect to furnish the material for supplying the 
paving not only for the inter-mountain country, but most of the 



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Western States and Territories, and are ongaged at present 
in tilliutr extensive contracts for paving the streets of Salt 
Lake City. 

Tliey are also tlie principal owners in the Wasatch Marble 
Quarries, which comprise a phenomenal deposit of excellent 
white nuirble, but which is at present too remote from trans- 
portation to be utilized, tliongh it will in the near future be 
placed upon the market. They are also editors and proprietors 
of "'riie .lournal of ('ommerce" a pulilication devoteil to the 
mining, wholesale, liiiancial and manufacturing interests of 
Utah, '["his paper is regularly m.'iiled to the Boards of Trade 
and tinaiicial institutions throughout the United States, and 
has accomplished a wonderful powpr of good in showing the 
advantages pos.sessed liy this great Territory. Tlie brothers 
are the owners of the handsome Calmer Block on 1st South 
.»,<!.j.. r^yOffi>^^iy^: , street whii-h is recog- 

J"^T . iy \rtii, ■-iG<i>.!'''.;-^ nized as an architectural 

„ ,owC»,*iV«'' rc«i!SSffil?^!«. ^^<-'->\'^r beaut V of the Huest va- 

<;i!r^"''"^tfi. hW-* ' ■' ' ' '"••'•'^''' ' '-'^^^^^^ "'"' ''l'<lj"''<de structure 

' ?"-«'*■ .^4 fttSlSEv "•■■'.;"!!:.■ <-!- tive stories in height, and 

^^■^r -r^Je^^' '- W'*5*? '"''It of brick and stone. 

Yvt" -X^iWmUL ' ^fejj!&)L ' The elegant store room 

^'^ ' "^^^-iSw!?!^*^ r^ "f ^^"^ building is oc- 

ro ""- AJ^-fjs^rr^^.'.Vjjfti-, 1 cu[iied by the great dr\- 

^■^ ^ ' ' -^ gof)ds house of R. K. 

.— -- ' ^^^^^>* Thomas, while the 

?^ ^ '"'^-^^ ninety-two offices above 

',nr,^ ^^ J -t ' , , . _■ ;-. :,J. are occni-.ieil by lawyers, 

"',' Qt; 2__ , '■ •'_'/ doctors, and real estate 

i"'.*'^ -r^:- jiJjV-f-J men. This building is 

j|i ■!"?!»! '"I --llljlj," fitted np with steam 

'''■'i'WjS i-"'" '■' heaters of the most 

■.'''•■''' 'i_? 1 . modern pattern, supplied 

!Br«il3ES|l : .issenger elevator, 

^^^^n^^^—^" » '.vi-'x <•'" -^ > quipped with electric 

1 f-^^=^< f^-^Si^-'"- >.: - <„- v,^ ■' — .•■ ijjrlits. and is in all re- 
spects a modern building. Tbey also own the Oulmer-Kenuett 
block a fine three-story structure ou 1st South near Main 
street. This budding is occupied by various lines of business 
and is a credit in its mode (jf construction and finish to the 
city, and a standing monument to the enterprise of its owners. 
.\moug the recent important and promising operati ins of the 
Culmer Bros, is tlie ilevelopment and energetic working of the 
pure gum asplialtuin mines at I'ariette in Eiistern Utah, 
owned and controlled fiy the Salt Lake (iilsonite Company, of 
which the Culmer Bros, are [iriueipal stockholders. The 
material as taken from these mines runs over 9!) per cent, pure, 
being the purest hydro-carbon produced in the world. .\u analy- 
sis shows it to contain elements as follows: 

Carbon 78.00 

Hvdrogen 11.00 

Oxygen S.OO 

Nitrogen 2.40 

Ash.. ;^^^ M 

Total 99.80 

The vein is several miles long, being a peipendicular tissure 
aljout two feet in width. The depth is unknown, but it cuts 
througli a countrv rock of dull yellow sandstone of horizontal 
stratihcatioii. The article is variously known in science as 
intahite, gilsouite and graliamite. but it is in reality simjily 
and absolutely pure asphaltum. jet black and brittle and wholly 
soluble in turpentine and benzine. The material is sliipp-'d 
from Prii'e Station on Kio I irande Western to all points in the 
Unitetl States where it is a staple in d»mand for the manufac- 
ture of black japans and asphaltum varnishes. 

Tlie Mountain Stone Company of which (i. F. Culmer is Pres- 
ident, and H. L. .\. Culmer. Secretary and Treasurer, o|ierates 
four cpiarries of sandstone, about thirty mdes from Salt Lake 
and on the line of the Utah Central Railway. The active 
management of this enterprise is in the hands of Mr. W. H. 
.Tf>nuings. The stone is of pink and white formation and is 
admirably adapted for flagging purposes, a large ipiautity of 
which has already been put down on the streets of Salt Lake. 
The product of the White stone i|Uarry resembles in a very 
great degree that of tlie Fort Collins, Colorado stone, but is 
superior in many respects to the same. All the stone pro- 
duced from these cpiarries is dense in character even in frac- 
ture, and exceedingly strong andkinil to the tool. The (lagging 
of the future, in Salt Lake will no doubt be largely composed 
of this material as the merits of these (piarries are coming 
into more favorable notice every day. The company employ 
from ninety to one hundred men in their various operations, 
and the output averages five cars per day. The Culmer 



Bros, and Mr. W. H. .Jennings are also operating a fjuarry of 
very line soft steel gray sandstone at Kyune on the K. (}. W. 
road which is said to be of excellent character by all who have 
examineil it. They are also engaged in developing and opera- 
ting coal mines, ami clay deposits, with good results. The 
brothers havesne'it agreat deal of time and money in develop- 
ing the poBsibilites for the manufacture of Carbonate of Soda, 
from the sulphatf s of soda deposited in large <|uantitie8 every 
winter ou the shores of the great Salt Lake. The results of 
theseexperiments have proven the entire feasibility of the enter- 
prise, but the magnitude of the undertaking is such that it will 
require the investment of several hundreil thousand dollars, 
anil they are not yit prepared to devote their time and means to 
the development of this one of Utah's most important resources. 
The Culmer Bros, are gentlemen of unusual business ability, 
possessed of characteristics of unquestionable honor and liber- 
ality, which coupled with thfir well kni^wn enterprise have 
gained for them the respect of the commuinty and confidence 
of the trade. Such establishments and such men give reputa- 
tion to a city, and add materially to her progress and pros- 
perity. Mr. Win. II. Culmer is a native of England and came 
to the United States in IHtiT and one year later landed in Salt 
Lake City, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Culmer served 
as an apprentice for five years in learning the carpenter and 
painters' trade and is a practical man in both lines. In 1878, 
he entered the service of G. F. Culmer Sc Co. wholesale grocers, 
as saleman, a position he held for six years, when he became a 
member of the present firm, taking the road in its interests. 
being the first traveling salesman that ever went out in the 
interests of a Salt Lake house. 

In I.SS5 he became manager of the several industrial enter- 
prises in which the tirm was interested, and is at present general 
manager of the paint, oil and window glass department and of 
the factory. He is a prominent member of the Chamber of 
Commerce, and a director in the Wasatch Asphalt Company. 
He is a man of recognized business abilities and a gentleman, 
highly esteemeil and regarded in social circles. 

Mr. H. L. A. (Julmer was born near (Canterbury, England, 
and came to .Vmerica in ISOT, and in I SiiS arrived in Salt Lake, 
which he has ever since made his home. In 1872 he became 
connected with the wliolesale grocery tirm of Culmer & Com- 
pany, with whom he remained tive years. This line of business 
not being suited to his taste he left it and engaged in the print- 
ing and publishing business, pursuing the same for five years, 
louring this time he issued the Hrst Directory and (Jazetteer of 
I'tah ever published. an<l which proved of great benefit to the 
entire Territory. He also edited and published the I'tah 
Miner, a journal devoted to the mining interests of the Terri- 
tory, and subsequently started the Jaiirniil of ('oiiimerve, ot 
which be is still the editor. In 1881 he was admitted into part- 
nership with the present firm, of which he has been one of its 
most active members ever since. Mr. Culmer is also an artist 
of some reputation, having several times taken the first prize at 
the Territorial Fair for best painting in oil of Utah scenery, 
and also Hrst jirize in water colors. He alfo has a tine reputa- 
tion as a descriptive writer, and is highly thought of in the 
social s[)heres of life. Air. Culmer is now a director in the 
National Bank of the Republic. 

Taken in all its entirety, individually and collectively, the 
tirm is one of the strongest in the West, and has done as raucb, 
if not more than any other concern in all Salt Lake in advanc- 
ing her interests and in developing the re.sources of the Terri- 
tor> . ami is deserving of all the commendation we can give it. 

Mr. C. F. (Buhner, the head member of the tirm, is well 
known throughout Utah as an enterprising and go-a-head citi- 
zen as well as a sound and able business man. It is through 
his superior judgment and keen executive guidance that all the 
various interests ■■iiid departures of the tirm have been brought 
to a successful issue and established <ui a tirm and proBtable 
biisls. Mr. G. F. ('ulmer has been prominently identified with 
the commercial and industrial development of Utah forthe past 
twenly-Bve years, and has aided very materially in the general 
work of advancement. 

He is president of the Wasatch .\sphaltum Company; pres- 
iilent rf the Mountain Stone Company and director in the Salt 
Lake Foundry and Manufacturing Company: also director iu 
the Salt Lake Soap Company. In all of these large and impor- 
tant companies he takes an active part, and his valuable service 
and counsel, iu their proper direction and manipulation, id 
esteemed and appreciated by all co-oflicials. 

Mr. Culmer also has a thorough knowledge of both the prac- 
tical anil scientific principles entering into the mechanical arts. 
He is an expert on steam power and appliances, and also elec- 
tricity, and his advice and suggestions are widely sought after 
and relied upon by the people of this community. 



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JENNINGS & CAINE. 

Fire insurance is one of the industries carefully looked 
after in Salt Lake and vicinity. Competition has estab- 
lished favorable rates, and the leading companies 
of the Union and of Euglaud, as well, are repre- 
sented here. A large share of these have as agents, Jennings 
A- Caiue, whose insurance of fire is a strong factor in local 
business affairs. The agency was established in IS'.tO by Isaac 
Jennings and .Joseph E. Caiue. The firm represents sis corn- 



California, with a capital of 8600,000, assets of $1,284,679. A 
very large insurance business has been done in the few months 
in which the new agency has beeu in operation. Mr. Jen- 
nings is in the stock raising l>usiness and is also interested in 
mining. He has a herd of 4,000 head. He is a director in the 
Mammoth Mining C'o., of Tintic, and the Yampa at Bingham. 
He went into the cattle business at the age of fifteen years and 
has been in it for eighten years. His total shipments will hs 
about 6110 steers this year. 

Mr. Caine, though he does not pose as a capitalist, controls 



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JENNINGS & CWNE, Hooper Block. 



pauies, the Palatine Fire Insurance Company, of Manchester, 
England, with a capital of $5,000,000; the Reading, of Pennsyl- 
vania, with a paid-up capital of $250,000 and assets .$640,919; the 
Western Assurance, of Toronto, with a paid-up capital of .$.500,- 
0(10 and assets amounting to jEl..SOIl,(l()ll; the American, of New- 
ark, N. J., with cash assets of $2,(I4S,,584 and a surplus of $1,- 
604,853 and the ^tna.of Hartford, a capital of 84,000,000 assets 
to the extent of $10,457,497, and a surplus of $3,842,776, and the 



and manages a number of the largest properties in Salt Lake 
City. He and his wife own a half interest in the Hooper 
Building and in the Dyer Ikiilding. and in addition to these 
Mr. Craiuehas the carte bl((nclie management of other proper- 
ties aggregating over half a million dollars in value. He is a son 
of Hon. John T. Caine, the present delegate to Congress from 
Utah. 




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AMEEICAN NATURAL GAS COMPANY. 

In speiikiug of tlie early Moniion eettleis, aiul FpeculittiDg 
as to tlieir reaeous for selecting tliis particular Fpit out of the 
enilless stretch of country then uninhHbite<l ami at their com- 
mand, it has often been remarked, that here, they found 
gathered together within one small radius, a combination of 
resources and latent wealth, embracing almost everything of 
value, contributory to the requirements and eiistenanceof man. 
That this sujipotiiion is well founded is conclntively authen- 
ticated by the fact that the IVnitory of Utah does contain 
almost every element of intrinsic worth that is universally 
sought after. 

Kecent discoveries and developments, however, establish 
the existence of certain natural resources, located contiguous 
to our largest centers of population that were never thought of, 
or even suggested to thote early pioneers. Ihete new discov- 
eries consist in a natural production of such vast importance to 
our growth and welfare as to practically revolutionize the 
source of supply of an indispensable adjunct to the advance- 
meut of civilization, 
viz.: light and fuel; 
and this promised 
revolution comes to us 
in the form of natural 
gas, which exists at a 
reasonable depth in 
inexhaustible quanti- 
ties midway between 
Ogdeu and Salt Lake 
City. The tests, ex- 
periments and develop- 
ments are thus far most 
gratifying, and make 
the appropriation of 
the ga.s for practical 
use in both cities a 
feasilyle undertaking. 

Kvideuces of the 
existence of natural gas 
in the vicinity have 
beeu noticed for a long 
time, anil it has even 
been used in a small way 
by near-by retidenttJ. 
but not ULtil Prof. \Vm. 
Lay, a geoloiiical ex- 
pert from Oil City, 
I'enn., visited this sec- 
tion and pronounced, 
after making careful 
observations, the lay of 
the country and the 
indications to be almost 
identical with the 
famous oil and ga,« 
fields of Pennsylvania 
had any serious interebt 
been taken. 

Following this re 
port, however, a com- 
pany wasorgauized and 
incorporated under the 
laws of the Territory of 
Utah fi>r the purpo.se of 
getting control of the 
land and inakingf nrther 
investigations, and it 
was not long before the .\MKU1{ AN NATIONAL 

correctness of Professor I;ay's predictions was fully verified. 

This company, under the title, .\merican Natural Gas Com- 
pany, now owns and controls about 6,(0(1 acres of hiud tituated 
north and west of Salt Lake City, about eight miles distant, 
extending to the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and including 
that portion of the Lake between the .\ntelope, Oquirrh, Farm- 
ington and Wasatch Faults. 

The geological .structure is all that could be desired, and the 
surface indications show over twenty-five distinct flows of gas. 

.\ well nearly 6(li) feet in depth has already beeu liored. 
from which there is a free How of dry gas with a pressure of 
150 pounds. This well has beeu sunk merely for the purpose 
of supplying sullicient fuel to operate the machinery used iu 
boring another large ten-inch well, to go down 2,01)0 feet, or 
whatever distance is required in order to strike the Trenton 
Rock. 




This new well will produce snfBcient gas to supply both 
Salt Lake City and Ogden with cheap litht and fuel for all 
purposes, and for many years to come. Besides the incalcu- 
lable benefit accruing to both cities consequent upon the 
introduction of light and fuel in such a cheap and convenient 
form a great stimulus will be given to the manufacturing in- 
dustry, olVering unexcelled ii]duc«ment8 to those wishing to 
engage in the manufacturing busiLess, pot only iu the cities 
above name<l, but at any point along the pipe line conducting 
the gas to them. What a boom this new and valuable agent 
for the supjily of fuel in ai.y quantity will be to the Territory 
of Utah, with her immense and varied stores of wealth, it seems 
impossible to estimate. She is i.oted for the extent and rich- 
ness of her deposits of gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, iron and 
other precious metals, to say nothing of the exhaustles-s quan- 
tity of sulphur, alum, borax, arfenic, titanium, alabaster, onyx 
and other valuable stones. The immense iron depoeits'alone 
dnuand a cheap fuel. Iron can here be delivered at the reduc- 
tion works for at least twenty per cent, less than in most sec- 
tions of the East, and an analysis shows it to be a superior 

quality. 

'J"he American Nat- 
ural Gas Company 
itself, proposes erecting 
a large chemical works 
in the near future to 
supply cheap chemicals 
for the refining of bul- 
lion, and with the 
advent of this new in- 
stitution the refining of 
all the bullion in the in- 
termountain country is 
destened to take place 
iu this vicinity, where 
cheap chemicals and 
fuel are to be had. 

It will probably be a 
question of but a few 
months, judging from 
the vigorous and 
energetic manner in 
which the company is 
at present pushing oper- 
ations, before the citi- 
zens of .Salt Lake City 
will know of the merits 
of natural gas as a fuel 
product by actual test 
and usage. 

The company is com- 
po.sed of some of our 
wealthiest and most en- 
terprising men, and no 
time or money will be 
spared in the prosecu- 
tion of the work. Mr. 
.lames F. Woodman, the 
I 'resident.is well-known 
is a man who never de- 
uiys in the carryingout 
of his undertakings.and 
is quick to invest capital 
when his superior judg- 
ment tells him that 
the project is a feasible 
one. Mr. Henry L. 
Driver is also a desira- 
GAS COMPANY WELL. ble man to have con- 

nected with such an important and vital enterprise. He is 
known to the people of Salt Lake as one of our leading and 
prosperous business men. He is energetic and well-to-do, and 
has at heart the interests of what he believes will lie the great- 
est lift the Territory has ever had, and devotes much of hie 
personal attention to the work, watching its progress with 
keenest interest. 

Mr. P. 1,. Schmidt, Superintendent and Manager, is a most 
valuable man to this enterprise, having formerly bad much 
experience in other gas fields. 

WATSON BROTHERS. 

No place of any size is fully supplied with the necessities of 
civilization without such works as the above, and in the com 
pilatioD of this work the editors would have been derelict in 



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their duty, bad they ueglected or omitted to mention the same. 
To build up a great city reqiiires enterprises of every legiti- 
mate nature. Each and every one has a bearing in the shaping 
and building up of great interests. None of them is without 
infiuence and prestige. Of the numerous enterprises in Ihe 
west, engaged in business as the above, none has obtained a 
wider rangeof usefulness and higher reputation than the estab- 
lishment of the Watson Bros. The business was inaugurated 
nearly a quarter of a century ago, and step by step has climbed 
up the ladder of prosperity until the top round is almost in 
sight. The enterprise occupies three large yards where from 
fifty to eighty men are employed, while traveling representa- 
tives bring in large orders from Utah, Idaho, Montana and 
Wyoming. The firm are builders and contractors : dealers in 
tombstones, monuments, plaster, center pieces, and wholesale 
marble dealers, and make a specialty of marble, iron and slate 
mantels, marble, sandstone and tile hearths. A visit to the 
yards of this firm revealed a scene of busy activity that is ditfi- 
cult to describe. Scores of busy and skilled mechanics were 
applying the chisel, hammer and other tools in shaping the 
rough stone into beautiful and costly monuments to the 
memory of dear loved ones who had crossed the river Styx and 
are now waiting upon the other shore for those they left 
behind. JMonnments large and small, monuments costly, and 
others at moderate cost, were seen in endless profusion. 
Many of them were finished and were fine specimens of the 
handiwork of man and a tribute to the skill and progress of the 
artist in this modern age of advancement. The manager of 
this enterprise, Mr. Jos. M. Watson, is a practical mechanic, a 
thorough master of the art and avocation he follows, and by 
many years experience has fully qualified himself for all the 
duties and details of the business. The marble and stone work 
is under the management of Mr. S. M. Barrett, who is also a 
practical man and skilled mechanic. He personally superin- 
tends all the details of the work and has demonstrated his effi- 
ciency by the excellence of the work turned out. The archi- 
tectural department is under the direction of that young and 
rising artist, Mr. R. Bowman, who is also in charge of the 
extensive stoneyards on the line of the Rio Grande Western 
Railway. He is an energetic young gentleman, prompt and 
reliable in all his business transactions, and highly esteemed 
in social circles. 

The firm of Watson Bro.s. has the confidence of the public 
to an unlimited extent and is deserving of the large patronage 
so generously accorded it. 



THE BURTON-GARDNER COMPANY. 

In a careful review of each important branch of trade in the 
city of Salt J.ake, none will be found to Ije of more importance 
than the lumber business. In a populous and growing section 
of the country such as this city is, there are no branches of 
trade that command more attention, and patrouage than that of 
the company which heads this article. The lumber industry 
offers to the public such articles as are iudispensible, and in 
consequence meets with a ready natronage. The Burton- 
Gardner Company was incorporated on February 1, 1887, with 
a capital stock uf $2(10.000 for the purpose of dealing in lumber 
and the manufacture of combination fence, sash, doors, blinds 
and all kinds of mill work. The officers are W. S. Burton, 
President; W. C. Burton, Manager, and Geo. F. Fedt, Secretary. 
The directory board comprises W. S. Burton, L. G. Hardy. 6, 
H. Hardy, E. W. Weiler, Elias Morris, H. Dinwoodey and W. C. 
Burton. The company does business through Utah, Montana, 
Idaho and Colorado, and transacts an annual business of 
$250,000. The employes of this plant number sixty, and the 
pay-roll is very large in consequence. The factory and yards 
and main office are located on the corner of Eighth South and 
State Road and are very commodious and convenient. The 
plant covers two and one-half acres of ground, and the planing 
mill is a large structure of two stories, a portion of which is of 
frame 40x60 feet in dimensions, while another part 
of the building is a brick strxicture 40x60 feet in dimensions, 
thus making the largest floor surface of any similar institution 
in the Territory. 

The mill is supplied with all the modern machinery neces- 
sary for the rapid transaction of the immense business enjoyed 
by the company. The corporation is noted for the excellent 
management with which it is conducted, and has a reputation 
for honesty and integrity of purpose that is not excelled by any 
other similar institution of its kind in the country. The com- 
pany exercises a powerful influence for good upon the commu- 
nity in the matter of prosperity and general welfare of the 
Territory, and is an industry that is justly deserving of all the 
patronage that can be accorded it. 



HOTEL CULLEN. 

Among the many fine hotels in Salt Lake which, by a career 
of popularity and generous patronage, have become part and 
parcel of the city itself, the "Culleu" is well worthy of an 
extended notice in the pages of this work. The present host, 
Mr.^S. C. Ewing, opened the house to the public in October, 
1887, and by his uniform courtesy and attention to guests has 
made the '-t'liUen" a favorite with the traveling public. This 
popular hostelry is a magnificent five-story brick building, 
7.'5x'JOO feet dimeusi^ms, and provided with all the modern appli- 
ances for safety and comfort. It has one hundred sleeping 
rooms with a capacity of one hundred and fifty guests, a dining 
room capable of seating one hundred and twenty-five people, 
and two large elegant parlors. In addition, it has a splendid 
bar, bath and reading rooms, and in fact all the conveniences 
in keeping with the first-class character of the modern hotel. 
The entire building is heated by steam and lighted by electric- 
ity. A forty-horse power engine furnishes the power for eleva- 
tor, heating and laundry purposes, and there is water on every 
floor. All of the rooms are in direct communication with the 
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prompt attention to calls and rapid fultilhnent thereof. The 
menu of the house is unsurpassed by any hotel west of the 
Missouri river and this side of the PacUic coatt. The table is 
constantly supplied with all of the best substautials in the 
market, and all the delicacies and luxuries in their respective 
seasons. The culinary department is presided over by some of 
the best chefs in the country, while the dining room attendants 
are trained and practiced employes, who are very polite and 
attentive to the wants and comfort of guests. The hotel 
employs a force of forty-eight persons, all of whom, from clerk 
down to bell-boy, are courteous and obliging to all who are 
fortunate enough to be domiciled beneath its roof. The land- 
lord, Mr. Ewing, is an old experienced hotel man, having been 
in the business in Salt Lake for eighteen years, and is known 
from Maine to California as one of the most genial, pleasant 
and accomodating hosts in all the laud. Possessing a large 
experience he is thoroughly practical in his line, and can 
always be found in perfect accord with the wants and demands 
of the traveling pu\)lic. Under his proprietorship tlie 'Cullen" 
is recognized as a favorite stopijing place by all who visit Salt 
Lake, either on business or pleasure, as they are always made 
to feel at home within its walls. Taken in its entirety, there is 
no better place at which to put up in Salt Lake than the 
"Cullen." 

C. H. PARSONS' BOOK STORE. 

In every community there are men whose activity, euter|irise 
and strong business talents bring them into prominence — men 
in whose hands a branch of business, is built up and managed 
with such skill that it assumes a prominent position in the 
mercantile affairs of a city. Such a gentleman and such a bus - 
uess is that of Mr. C. H. Parsons at 164 S. Main St. He estab- 
lished his present enterprise in Salt Lake in 1884 and by prud- 
ent management, and a thorough and practical knowledge of 
the business, the same has been brought to its present large 
and growing proportions. Mr. Parsons occupies two floors of 
an elegant building where he carries a stock of an average of 
$2.5,000. His stock embraces books, stationery, fancy goods, 
and all articles usually found in a first-class store of this char- 
acter. He also keeps on hand the latest standard periodicals 
and newspapers. He transacts both a wholesale and retail 
trade and does an annual business of $60,000. He sells goods 
throughout Washington, Nevada, Utah, Idaho.Wyoming, Mon- 




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tana, Arizona and New Mexico and is gnuliially i)nsliing his 
operations into other fields and pastures new. Mr. Parsons is 
a native of Iowa, l)ut lias been a resident of l^tali for ten years 
and is lliorontilily ideutilieil with the interests of tlie city he 
has chosen for his home and the pursuit of liis business, lie 
is an active business luiin of hitjh standiiitj in coiumercial 
circles and a gentleman of sterling wortli. Promptness and 
reliability are leadinsj characteristics and he is deserviu;; 
of nnliinited patronage. 

Mr. Parsons has been very active in all work for the advance- 
ment of Utah, a worker in the liberal party from the drst aud 
rejoices in the progress due to its ell'nrts. He has been one of 
the leaders in church. Sunday si-IkidI. V. M. C A and Y. P. S. 
V. E. work. Thesuccess of the Y. .M. (I. .\. is due to his efforts 
more than to any other one man. lie was its secretary the 
first year and labored constantly for its upbuilding. He is 
the secretary of the Utah Y. P. S'. C. E. Union, and of the Utah 
S. S. .Vssociation and the rapid advancement of these causes is 
also largely due to his untiring activity. 

lie is ever ready to assist Ijy personal effort and financial 
aid, whatever tends to upbuild, uplift, and advance the best 
interests of the city and territory. 




THE CONTINENTAL. 

Au important item of information for the visitor to Salt 
Lake City, whether he comes from adjoining parts of the 
country or Territory, or from a farther field, is where he 
can find comfortable accommodations during his sojourn in 
the city — where, in short, he will be made to feel most at 
home. Salt Lake City has no lack of first-class holsteries, 
where the visitor, tourist or business man can find comfortable 
accommodations, and among these are the Continental Hotel, 
which is first-class 
in all its arrange- 
ments aud appoint- 
ments. It is cen- 
trally located, be- 
ing within one 
block of the post- 
office, and main 
business center of 
the city, one block 
from the Taber- 
nacle and Temple 
Square, and with 
electric lines pass- 
ing it in all direct- 
ions. This hotel 
has lately been re- 
fitted throughout 
by the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. M. H. 
Beardsley, who has 
taken great pains to ensure the highest degree of comfort for his 
guests. The hotel is a large brick s'ructure, 7.5x200 feet in di- 
mensions, has 115 sleeping rooms and a capacity of 1.50 people. 
The dining room is large, airy and light, and seats 135 persons. 
A large and elegant parlor furnishes additional pleasure to 
patnms, ami a fine bar and billiard room is attached to the 
house where the thirsty can regale themselves with choice li- 
([Uid refreshments, and where lovers of the scientific game of 
billiards can handle the cue and punch the ivory to their hearts' 
content. The house is lighted by gas and electricity. ^Vate^ 
on every floor, and all the rooms provided with the most ap- 
proved modem electrical appliances conducive to convenience 
and comfort. The hotel has a force of forty-Kve employes who 
are trained hands in the business, aiul attentive to the patrons 
in all their various departments. The proprietor, .Mr. M. II. 
Beardsley, is an old and |)opular hotel man, being formerly of 
the Palmer House at (ireen River, Utah. He is regarded by 
the traveling men who have been so fortunate as to partake of his 
hospitality, as one of the most genial, pleasant and accommo- 
dating landlords in the country. Under his able management, 
the Continental is receiving a large share of the public patron- 
age, and as long as he remains at the head of it, will continue 
to be a favorite hostelrv with the visitor to Salt Lake 
City. 

.\nother feature of the hotel is the admirable arrangement 
for families, of which a large number have taken up regular 
homes there. Special rates are made for this class of patrons, 
and that such rates are satisfactory, is evidenced from the num- 
ber who call the Continental their home. 



THE CONTINENTAL, 



WHITE & SONS COMPANY. 

Among the representative commercial enterprises of Salt Lake, 
that of the well known firm of White A Sons Company occupy a 
position of deserved prominence, and is entitled by 
reason of its magnitude, and the great part it has 
played in the commercial progress of the city, no less than by 
its extensive operations, to a prominent position in this volume. 
Identified with the trade and commerce of the city for a period 
of fifteen years it has gained a commercial standing second to 
none. 

The business was founded in 1870 by \Vm. White and has 
had a successful trade ever since its inception. The enterprise 
was incorporated in 18Si) with a capital stock of S 100,000 with 
Wm. White, president; .1. C. Heywood, secretary, and John H. 
White, general manager, who. together with the following 
named gentlemen. Wm. L. White, David H. White, and Ben- 
jamin B. Heywoi)d, make the board of directors. The company 
are wholesale butchers and cattle dealers and the enterprise is 
the largest of its character in the territory. To give the public 
an idea of the magnitude of the trade of this concern it is 
only necessary to state that they have S 2.50,000 invested in the 
same and nearly one hundred men on its pay roll. The com- 
pany owns its own ranches, one of which comprises 80,000 acres 
and raises its own cattle for the markets. Last year they 
slaughtered the enormous number of 10,000 head of cattle, 
25,000 sheep, and 5,000 hogs, and the annual sales reached the 
princely sum of a million and a nuarter dollars. They are also 
heavy shippers of live stock and annually send train loads of 
choice cattle and sheep to the Omaha and Chicago markets. 
Out on the range their interests are upwards of 10,000 cattle 
and 40,000 sheep, to take care of same a large number of men 
receive constant employment. The excellent quality of the 
meat furnished by this establishment is testified to by all of the 
local butchers and thousands of people of Salt Lake City and 

Utah generally. 
The company in 
addition to the 
larger capital in- 
vested in its 
ranches and cattle 
are, heavy owners 
of realty in Salt 
Lake and have 
deeds on record 
calling for some 
of the finest busi- 
ness and residence 
property within her 
limits. The enter- 
prise taken in its 
entirely is one of 
the wealthiest cor- 
porations in Utah 
and the advantages 
that Salt Lake has 
derived from this remarkable industry are many in character, 
wonderful in extent and powerful factors in the advancement of 
its growth, and the development of its resources. Theoflicers and 
directors of the company are all prominent men in the com- 
mercial and social circles of Utah gentlemen of noted 
integrity, and lilieral in all their transactions with the world. 
The manager, Mr. .John H. White, a son of the founder of this 
great industry, is a young man, comparatively, in the prime of 
vigorous manhood and possesses commercial abilities of a very 
high order. Under his able management the concern is rapidly 
increasing its business, and the amount of the annual sale this 
year will be largely in excess of that of 181)0. Mr. White has a 
thorough practical knowledge of his pursuit, is a gentlemen of 
broad business views, liberal and charitable to a fault. 



DAVIS. HOWE & CO. 

This extensive and long established industry has made its 
mark on the progressive growth of the city to a greater extent, 
perhaps, than any other manufacturing establishment in Salt 
Lake. It was inaugurated in 1871 by Nathan Davis and sons, 
and succeeded two years after by the present company. Ever 
since the enterprise was established it has been regarded as one 
of the most important of the territory. The works 
are located on First West Street and occupy a space of ground, 
212 feet front and running back to a distance of six to ten rode. 
The building, occupied as the new chair shop, is a substantial 
two-story structure, -40 by 80 feet in dimensions, and fitted up 






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with thft best machinery that modern invention can supply. 
The products of the works embrace wrought and cast-iron 
work, machinery, water jackets, slag pots and carriages, bullion 
moulds, tuyeres, car wheels, axles and brass work of every 
description" The work of mining machinery is made a spe- 
cialty by the company, and its reputation for excellence in this 
line, and all other manufactures, is one of the most enviable 
in all the territory. Many of the most successful mining enter- 
prises of the country use the hoisting works, mills and other 
products of this plant, which have established such a reputation, 
as to secure, unsolicited extensive orders for machinery from 
the mining camps all over the western country. The proprie- 
tors of this important industry are A. W. Davis, A. Howe and 
John F. Miller, all old residents of Utah, and thoroughly iden- 
tified with the interests of the city and territory. All of the 
gentlemen have untarnished records as manufacturers and citi- 
zens, and are recognized as progressive, public-spirited men, 
and are very popular in the community. They have a large 
and long experience in their business and give its smallest 
details their careful attention. The works have an immense 
trade, built up upon the merits of their production. They are 
deserving of the success that has attended their efforts, and 
worthy of all the patronage that may be accorded them in the 
future. 

J. W. FARRELL & CO. 

The commercial and mercantile industries of Salt Lake 
City as they are presented to our view at present show in many 
lines of trade and departments of manufacture a growth and 
development that must necessarily be very gratifying to her 
business men. This growth means an increaee of the city's 
population, the building of new residences and magnifioent 




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J. W. FAERELL. 



store houses and a more active trade in supplying the every day 
wants of additional people. And it also means new and in- 
creased wealth to plumbers and gas fitters. The name of a 
representative house in this line heads this sketch, and we pro- 
pose to give a brief account of its history in connection with the 
industries of the city. It was founded in 1880 by J. W. Farrell 
and rapidly developed into one of the leading establishments of 
Utah. The firm does a general gas fitting, plumbing, steam 
heating and ventilating business and make a specialty of drive 
wells. The company is also agents for the celebrated Boynton 
hot water heaters which has a material reputation for giving 
perfect satisfaction. The comfort and happiness and the health 
also in many cases depend upon its heatiug, drainage and ven- 
tilating qualities, and if these are perfect exorbitant doctor 
bills are avoided. The Boynton heater is perfect in its work- 
ings and given up by the most competent judges to be the best 
in the laud. It has been tried and tested for years and ac- 
knowledged to lead them all in superiority. The firm carries 
an average stock of 315,000 and does an annual business of 
S100,000. The immense business requires a force of thirty em- 



ployes who are kept constantly busy. The enterprise was 
established by Mr. Farrell who is a native of New Jersey. 
Mr. Farrell emigrated to California twenty years ago where he 
remained about eight years and from thence went to Salt Lake 
City where he has since continuously resided. The premises 
occupied by the plant is a large and commodious building 
and in all respects well arranged for the purpose. 

Mr. Farrell is a thoroughly practical man, with a full knowl- 
edge of the various details of the business, superintending all 
its minuti,^^. He possesses all the characteristics of an Eastern 
man, thrift, energy determination and enterprise, and is 
identified in a most positive manner with all the interests of 
Salt Lake City. 



S. F. BALL & CO. 

The majority of the human race are fond of the sweet things 
of this life. Tbis aptly applies not only to the young but to all 
ages and sexes. This taste for sweet things also extends to all 
nations, and the manufacture of candies and confections has in 
consequence assumed large proportions. A number of enter- 
prises of this character are in operation in Salt Lake, promi- 
nent among them being the firm of Ball & Co. who run the 
popular Globe Cafe at 24 Main Street. These gentlemen are 
refreshment contractors, and pastry cooks of a high reputation. 
They are dealers and manufacturers of ice cream, candies and 
cakes, furnish every description of confectionery on short 
notice, get up suppers to order, and furnish ornamented wedding 
cakes in any style. The establishment was started in 1889, and 
the gentleman have had a very successful run of business ever 
since. In addition to the stock mentioned they have a large 
and varied assortment of wedding ornaments for rental purposes 
in connection with wedding suppers and banquets. The firm 
occupies the first story and basement of a commodious building 
2'2xl.50feet in dimensions, in which is employed aforce of twenty 
assistants. A large engine and boiler supply the necessary 
power for operating the plant. The firm has already built up 
an annual trade of S.'SO.OOO and sells goods throughout Utah, 
Idaho and Wyoming. The members of the firm, Mes.<(rs. S. F. 
Ball and H. A. Tucket are prominent and able businessmen and 
stand high in the commercial community. The later has been 
a candidate for councilman and is well known in politics. He 
is also highly esteemed in social circles, being an accomplished 
musician, and occasionally leads the great Tabernacle choir. 

Mr. Ball is an accomplished exponent of the culinary art and 
ranks as tiie peer of any in the country in the profession. He 
has been instructor of the Unity Club cooking school, composed 
of the leading society ladies of Salt Lake. His services in this 
direction have been highly complimented and as a caterer he 
has few equals and no superiors in the country. 



HENRY F. CLARK. 

Among the many industries that contribute to the advance- 
ment and development of the commercial interests of Salt Lake 
City, in a very marked and material degree, is the merchant 
tailoring establishment of Mr. Henry F. Clark, at No. 60 State 
Street, which was founded in 18H0. A steady application to 
the business, together with a thorough knowledge of all its 
details has brought Mr. Clark many customers who are his 
patrons still, and will, in all probability, remain such for an 
indefinite period. Mr. Clark has always pursued a liberal 
policy with customers, and by this means has made many 
friends who patronize him to a large extent. \t his house will 
be found all styles of the very best foreign and domestic goods, 
which he makes up at reasonable prices, and in the very latest 
style. Mr. Clark is a practical and skilled artist in his line, 
and in order to secure the best fits, he personally takes all 
measures, and gives the details of the work his direct supervis- 
ion and attention. His advantages and experience enable him 
to offer inducements to customers that cannot be excelled by 
any other establishment in the city, and he numbers, in conse- 
quence, as his patrons, some of the leading business men and 
prominent citizens of Salt Lake. His word can always be 
implicitly relied upon as to the quality of goods, but his large 
and increasing trade is sufficient and stronger evidence than 
we could give as to the merit and popularity of hia enterpriee. 
The gentleman makes suits from $25 to •■?75 according to qual- 
ity and trimings and guarantees satisfaction in every case. He 
is a native of England but has resided in Utah for eighteen 
years, and may, therefore, be ranked among the old settlers. 
He is regarded as an honorable, enterprising and liberal mer- 
chant, who has prosecuted a successful business through the 
legitimate channels of commerce, and is fully entitled to the 
confidence aud esteem in which he is held by the public. 




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THE WALKER HOUSE. 

As the main coiumercial iioint in the Territory, Salt Lake City 
commauiis c-i position that imperatively calls for flrst-elass 
accommodations of lart;e capacity, and under able manatjement. 
lu this regard the city will be found in all respects capable of 
maiutainini,' a reputation ecinal to that of any leading city of the 
country, l)eiug in the possession of se\eral houses unsurpassed 
in their appointments and the excellence of their supervision; 
all of which tends greatly to increase the comfort of guests 
and visitors. In confirmation of these assertions, it is only 
necessary to refer to the well known Walker House, under the 
management of that prince of hotel keeijers, the genial and 
accommodating Major Erb. This popular hostelry was refitted 
and reopened by the Major in 1877 at a cost of 813,00(1, and 
from the fact that the Walker House is known from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, and from the great Northern 
Lakes to the (lulf of Mexico, deserves extended recognition in 
this work. The hotel is a handsome four-story brick edifice, 
is conducted on the European plan, contains 110 sleeping 
rooms, with a capacity 
of lHUguests, two large 
parlors, diningroom, 
reading, bath, bar and 
billiard rooms and all 
the necessary appur- 
tenances and conven- 
iences tending to the 
comfort of patrons. 
The rooms are sup- 
plied with all the 
latest electrical appli- 
ances, thus insuring 
quick communication 
with the office, and 
therefore the rapid 
supplying of the wants 
of guests. The entire 
building, which is 
85x130 feet in dimen- 
sions, is lighted by 
gas and electricity and 
heated by steam. An 
improved modern 
hydraulic elevator fur- 
nishes the power to i 
carry guests to and ^ 
from their rooms, with 
ease, safety and dis- 
patch, and fifty-tive 
employes minister to 
their wants. The 
features of this hotel 
which go to make up 
its high reputation are 
not of afastidious 
character, catering ex- 
clusively to the simu- 
lated taste, but 
everything in hotel life 
essential to comfort 
and luxuryhas been 
employed in its equip- 
ment and arrangement. 
Major Erb, the pro- 
prietor, is a represen- 
tative specimen of the 

traditional, "mine host." He is oneof the most pleasant and 
accommodating hotel men in the United States, and those who 
stop with him once never fail to patronize him again when 
visiting Salt l-ake City. The Major has been in the hotel linsi- 
ness ever since he reached the age of twenty-four years and is 
therefore a practical man in all respects. Twenty-lhree ago 
he ran a hotel in Quincy, III., coming from there to Utah two 
years later and taking charge of the depot hotel in Ogdeo, 
which he ran successfully for six years. That life as a hotel- 
keeper is made pleasant and "something worth living for" to 
the Major is evidenced from the fact that when he began the 
business he weighed only li.'^ pounds, but now pulls down the 
scales to the 24.5-pound notch. The Major is an ideal land- 
lord and deserving of the popularity and patronage that is so 
freely and liberally accorded him. During the i)ast season the 
house has been completely renovated, and on October Ist, 1891, 
was opened as a tirst-class European hotel. Two large, tine 
restaurants are run in connection with the hotel. The table 



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and cuisine is the very best the market affords, and the trade 
is of the very highest class people among the citizens of Salt 
Lake and traveling public. 

The Walker House is at present altogelhtr the most popular 
and desirable stopping place in the city, and under Major Krb's 
able and efficient management is destined to remain so. 

HUGHES FRUIT AND PRODUCE CO. 

The fruit, produce and commission business has, of late years, 
assumed large proportions throughout the entire country and 
is now, in fact, one of the most important industries in the 
land. The dealer in this line of commodities supplies the peo- 
ple with many of the necessities of life, and therefore occupies 
a prominent position in the busy marts of trade. Salt Lake 
has several houses of this character, among which, that are 
deserving of mention in this work is that of the Hughes Fruit 
and Produc^e Co., whose office and warehouse is located at 114 
W. First South Street, or telephone ,'i42. It was inaugurated 
by Messrs. Hughes & Carpenter, in the beginning of the pres- 
ent year. S u b s e - 
quently, Mr. Hughes 
purchased the interest 
of Mr. Carpenter and 
succeeded to the entire 
business. Mr. Hughes 
is an extensive, strictly 
wholesale, dealer in 
fruits, produce and 
game, and makes a 
specialty of handling 
tine creamery butter, 
eggs, poultry, Cali- 
fornia and Utah fruits 
and vegetables, of 
which he has always 
on hand a fresh and 
bountiful supply. The 
enterprise is conveni- 
ently located in a large 
Cf)mmodious building 
and basement, 2.') by 
1'.?0 feet in dimensions, 
with a large warehouse 
iin the railroad tracks 
for the storage of 
goods. Mr. Hughes 
in the short time that 
he has been engaged 
in business in Salt 
I like has built up a 
very large trade, which 
• xtends through Utah, 
Miintana, Idaho and 
t'olorado. Mr. Hughes 
w agent for Boyd A 
1 > Tvines, celebrated 
I uit packers, of River- 
f^ide, California, also 
sole agents for the 
PrussingVinegar Com- 
pany, of Chicago, for 
this territory, and 
agent of the Co- 
operative Fruit Com- 
pany, of New Castle, 
California. From 
these packers and dealers he receives the best line 
of fruits that the Golden State can produce. He makes a 
specialty of handling California and Utah fruits, vegetables, in 
carload lots. Mr. Hughes is a native of California but left 
there about eleven years ago. and went to St. Louis where he 
was employed two' ytars as United States Quartermaf-tei's 
agent, after which he went to Kansas as agent for the .Vdams 
Express Companv with whom he remaineil four years. After- 
wards he went to Trinidad, Colorado, as agent forfhe Denver* 
Rio tJrande Express Company, but owing to the altitude of 
that place, his health became impaired, and he resigned going 
to Kansas again, where he engaged for some time in Ihe whole- 
sale business of shipping eggs and poultry. He finally dis- 
posed of his business, however, and came to Ogden in May, 
1890, and formed a copartnership in the Midland Produce 
Company of that city, and was manager of the same for one 
year when he came to Salt Lake and started his present enter- 
prise. 





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E. I. PITTMAN. 

The jewelry business id Salt Lake City is admirably repre- 
sented by Mr. E. I. Pittman, located at 2'21 South Main Street. 
Mr. Pittmau is a highly proticient jeweler. He has every 
facility at his command for turning out the very best class of 




popular with the traveling public, enjoying a large patronage in 
consequence. The house is centrally located, contains 100 
sleeping rooms with a capacity of 250 guests. The dining room 
is large and commodious, seating 100 people. The building 
proper is 58x130 feet, a five-story brick structure, lighted by 
electricity, steam heat and water on every floor, and electric 
bells connecting with every room. A tine large airy parlor af- 
fords much comfort and convenience for the guests. An ele- 
gant billiard parlor, bar, barber and bath rooms are attached to 
the hotel, and conducted under the management of the house. 
The hotel is supplied in a liberal and generous manner, with 
all the substantials, as well as the delicacies of the season being 
served up daily to its guests. 

The proprietor, Mr. J. H. Clark, is an old hotel man of twenty 
years' experience and is one of the most genial hosts to be met 
with from the .Vtlautic to the Pacific coast. 

The manager, Mr. E. Mulford, has also had a large and 
varied experience in the hotel business, and possesses the 
faculty of making all his guests feel perfectly at home. Under 
such management, the Morgan is very popular and gaining 
daily in favor with the public. 



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E. L. PITTMAN. 

work. In his well appointed work-room, will be found every 
convenience and utensil known to the jewelry business. 
Watches, clocks and jewelry are repaired promptly and satis- 
factorily, special attention being paid to this branch of the 
business by Mr. Pittman in person. 

The store is handsomely furnished and fitted up with every 
modern appliance that can add to the at- 
tractiveness of the display of rare and costly 
goods with which it is replete. The stock 
is varied, comprehensive and carefully 
selected for its intrinsic value, and the 
beauty of its workmanship and finish. 

Mr. Pittman recently came from E^nnis, 
Texas, where lie has been engaged iu the 
jewelry business for several years. He served 
a long and thorough apprenticeship at the 
business, and has acquired a perfect knowl- 
edge of his trade through years of arduous 
practice and study, of the watch-maker's, 
jeweler's and engraver's art. 

Mr. Pittmau carries a S10,000 stock of 
diamonds, watches, clocks, jewelry, silver 
and plated ware, spectacles, etc., and can 
furnish any article or perform any class of 
work that comes within the province of the 
jeweler. He is also an expert engraver, 
and his work in this direction is noted for 
beauty of design and perfection of finish. 

Mr. Pittman has located in Salt Lake 
City within the past year, and has already 
established a desirable reputation as an ex- 
cellent business man and esteemed citizen. 



W. D. BOWRING. 

The business of a green grocer is one of considerable magni- 
tude in any large city, and is a very desirable enterprise to 
have in any community. Among those engaged in industries 
of this character in Salt Lake City, is W. D. Bowring, 
dealer in fruits, vegetables and poultry at 2C S. Main street. 
Although the gentleman has only been iu business in the city 
for five years he has already built up a large trade and num- 
bers his regular customers by the score. <-)ne reason of this is 
that he is a practical man in his line having had eight years 
experience in the same before starting, on his own hook. 
Another reason of his success is that he carries a fine and large 
stock of vegetables and fruits in season and makes a specialty 
of poultry. In addition to these articles, he carries a varied 
line of canned goods, and a fine stock of tobacco and cigars. 
Mr. Bowling is a native of Utah and has consequently grown 
up with the country, lie is well known in the country as an 
able business man and is highly esteemed and regarded by all. 



MORGAN HOTEL. 

A review of the most interesting features 
and enterprises of Salt Lake City wouh 
be incomplete without a description of her 
principal hotels, and among these, the 
Morgan, located at 141 W. First South St,, 
occupies one of the leading positions, being 
in all respects, among the most modern ant 
completely fitted up and best equipped in 
the Territory. This house was only opened 
May Ist, 1891, but has already become very 




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HOTEL TEMPLETON. 

To properly couiluct a hotel is iiii art with which few are 
familiar. Its requiremeuts are far more exacting than those 
unfamiliar with the business are wont to suppose. No other 
calliug, we are bold to a.sEert, necessitates as broad an under- 
staiidint' of human nature. It administers to the susceptible 
side of humanity. It deals with the sordid, the acrimonious, 
the fastidious and the prudish. It caters to the interminable 
shades of tastes, and endeavors to gratify the palate.s of every 
individual who seeks its hospitality. In fact, it strives to pro- 
vide homes satisfactory to myriads of home seekers. Those 
who have the care of any single household, who are e.xpected 
merely to please and study the work of the family circle, do 
not, by any means, liud the task an easy one, but when they 
perform their work well they are always spoken of as excellent 
house-heepers. But if they were asked to preside over hun- 
dreds of homes, assume the culinary responsibilities, furnish 
airy and light sleeping rooms, as well as to look after the bag- 
gage and personal effects of each member, we are afraid the 
hampering burdens would well nigh distract their mind and 
exhaust their patience. But this is precisely what every good 
hotel is called upon to do. Who can estimate the breadth of 
conception or degree of executive ability, characteristic of the 
proprietor of a tirst-class hotel? Modern conveniences go far 
toward reducing labor 
and providing for the 
comfort of guests, but 
withal, the vital function 
of a hotel rests upon its 
management, and the 
public are to be congrat- 
ulated upon their good 
fortune in having at their 
disposal such a well kept 
and appointed hotel as the 
Hotel Templeton, of Salt 
Lake City. This popular 
hostelry was opened to 
the public in November, 
1890, by the Central Hotel 
Company, a corporation 
composed of I). C. Young, 
President; G. M. Cannon. 
Vice-President ; \. < '. 
Young, secretary; .Monzo 
Young. Manager. The 
board of directors con- 
sists of the three first 
named gentlemen to- 
gether with L. G. Hardy, 
and Geo. H. Hardy. 
The lintel occupies a 
magnificent six-storv 
brick structure, centrally 
located just across the 
street from the famous 
TempleSiiuare,and guests 
are alforded grand views 
from all the windows. The 
hotel is of modern design 
and furnishings, the par 
lors especially beingsplen- 
did specimens of the up- 
holster's and decorator's 
handiwork. It has 
seventy roomswith accommodations forone hundred and twenly- 
tive guests if necessary. An elegant reading room, together with 
liarber shop and bath room are to be enjoyed at this hotel, 
while the rooms are provided with electric appliances and elec- 
tric lights, that add much to the comfort and convenience of 
the guests. The elevator is constructed u[i(m the most modern 
approved plan and is rapid and safe. The rooms are all models 
of elegance and good taste, elaborately furnished in new 
material of latest designs. The culinary department is pre- 
sided over by some of the finest cooks the continent can pro- 
duce, the table is supplied with the most choice via' ds 
that can be obtained ami every attention is paid to the comfort 
of guests. One important feature of this hotel and one most 
conducive to comfort and pleasure is the fact that the dining 
room is on the top floor, and the rooms, parlors, reading rooms, 
etc., are free from any odor that emanates from the culinery 
department. Another feature of this arrangement is the mag- 
nificent view that the guest h.ia while eating his meal. Prom 
the dining r<Kjm of the Templeton, one of the most grand views 
of the city and valley can be obtained, thus combining the pic- 




turesque with the substantial at one and the same time. This 
fact occasions food for conversation among guests thus pro- 
longing the time for meals and giving a greater zest thereto in 
the enjoyment of the same and greatly aiding nature in its 
work of digestion. This hotel is patroiiized by the best class 
of people from all over the world, and many expressions of 
praise of the hotel and its management have been heard from 
travelers who were so fortunate as to be entertained beneath its 
roof. The management of this hotel is very popular with the 
traveling public and exceedingly courteous and attentive to the 
wants and comforts of guests. 



THE PACIFIC LUMBER & BUILDING COMPANY. 

The lumber and building interests of any community occupy 
a prominent position in the rank of important factors that go 
to make up the commercial Kupremacy of a city. The interests 
mentioned involve the investment of a large amount of capital 
and the consecjuent employment of a great many men and the 
involving of a large pay roll, the proceeds of which are largely 
distributed among families, and in turn, circulated among 
the merchants and business men of the community in which 
the industry is located. The Pacific Lumber & Building Com- 
pany is one of the most valuable industries of Salt Lake, and 

adds very largely to her 
material prosjierity. The 
company is an incorpora- 
ted one.witb .Martin Gam, 
President ; Joseph Jensen, 
\'ice-President, and W. 
Tj. Hansen, Secretary and 
Treasurer. The business 
of the company is: whole- 
sale and retail dealers in 
lumber, coal, contractors' 
supplies, and manufac- 
turers of doors, windows, 
sash, blinds, wood-carv- 
ing and architects' mater- 
ials. That the institution 
is a solid one may be in- 
ferred from the following 
list of directors, com- 
prising some of the best 
and mo.st favorably known 
business men in the Ter- 
ritory: George Crismon, 
llyrum Jensen, Christo- 
pher .\l8ton, N.J.Hansen, 
J. K. Wilson, W. (). EU- 
ridge, Owen S. Hardy, 
Lorenzo S. Clark and 
•lacob (Jam. 

The plant of the cor- 
poration covers four acres 
of ground, with a plauing- 
mill two stories in height 
and TOxlH) feet in dimen- 
.sione. The company has 
recently iilaced in their 
planiug-mill the latest 
improved Dr. Goehr- 
inggo geometrical mould- 
ing machine tixlS feet, 
weighing 18,ui)0 pounds, 
being the onij macliineof its kind in use in the western country, 
and IS in consequence, prepared to furnish geometrical mould- 
ings, carved mouldings, etc.. for banks, hotels, public buildings 
and private residences in any quantity and variety. Themotive 
power of this mill is two boilers of .50-horse-power each, driven by 
a Corliss engine of the most approved modern construction. 
The coal otlice, general ollice, lecture rooms, library and 
tenements occupy ."jdii feet frontage on Eleventh East Street, 
and l.')7 feet on 'I'welfth South Street. 

The company carries an average stock of 87."),0iiO, and i."! 
transacting an annual business of about the same amount, 
which, however, has lately been steadily increasing. In the 
transaction of this vast business twenty-five men are employed 
and the industry thus affords support to a large number of 
people. The trade of this tirm extends throughout I'tah, and 
the transactions in consequence will compure favorably with 
any institution in the Territory. The Pacific LnmVier i Build- 
ing Company, together with the ollicers and directors, make a 
strong combination, and one that competitors will find difficult 
to emulate. 



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THE KNUTSrOED HOTEL. 

Although Salt Lake City is yet in its infancy the impor- 
tance and magnitude of some of her institutions and buildings, 
exceed by far, some of her older and more i)retentious 
rivals. lu one respect, at least, she is the superior even of 
such rivals, and that is in the character and nature of her 
hotels. Perhaps no better illustration of Utah enterprise, 
opulence and genius, is atlbrded than by an inspection of the 
new magnificent structure which was opened to the public, 
June, 1891. It is undoubtedly the finest, largest and most 
elegantly appointed hotel of any city between the Mi-ssouri 
Kiver and the Pacific Ocean, and it may truthfully be said that 
the height of human ingenuity and skill in this particular line 
of enterprise was reached when the Knutsford Hotel was com- 
pleted. The poet says "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," 
and this saying can never be better exemplified than in view- 
ing this massive and elegant structure, towering to a height of 



mam entrance that leads from the office to the second 
floor where are situated the reading and writing rooms, 
parlors, banquet, ordinaries, and dining rooms. On this floor 
is a broad promenade extending around the interior of the 
building, and being under the same sky-light as the office it 
commands a full view of the rotunda. The ordinaries are 
striking illustrations of what beautiful things art can produce, 
being large, airy rooms and finished up in the skill and perfec- 
tion of the modern artist. The building itself is practically fire- 
proof, and thoroughly ventilated throughout the entire struc- 
ture. The sanitary features are perfect, special attention hav- 
ing been directed to this important matter. The dining room 
is a model of beauty in elegance, being finished in white with 
terra cotta decorations, while the floor is laid in mosaic tilings. 
The ceiling is very high, extending the depth of two floors, 
while the windows are unique in design and elegant in their 
appointments, consisting of stained cathedral glass which gives 
a tone of beauty and richness to the appartment that would be 
dillicult to excel. The hotel is supplied with three engines. 




seven stories, with its beautiful walls of grey granite reflecting 
in the golden sunlight of the garden spot of the world. This 
mammoth hotel palace was erected by a stock company at a 
cost of $750,000. It is 132 by 132 feet, six stories and base- 
ment, with a four-story annex, 22 by 100 feet. It is constructed 
of grey granite and contains 250 rooms for guests, either single 
or ensuite, of which seventy-five are furnished with elegant 
bathrooms. In addition to this, every floor is provided with 
public bath rooms, a convenience no modern hotel should be 
without. The building has four public and fifty private parlors, 
elegant dining rooms, ordinaries, banquet, bar, reading and 
writing rooms, also barber shop and news room, and in fact, 
all the conveniences that modern science and mechanical skill 
could invent and construct. The office is a beautiful work of 
art, being finished in white and adorned with terra-cotta deco- 
rations and mosaic tiling of the latest designs and pat- 
terns in modern art. The great stair-case is a mas- 
sive and imposing work of man's skill and ingenuity, 
being constructed of the finest marble, and facing the 



one for electric purposes, one for elevators, and the other for 
the laundry. 

The kitchen, serving rooms, pantries, help's dining rooms 
and sleeping apartments, and all the heat and lighting appli- 
ances, are situated in the four-story annex, separate from the 
building but connected by a covered passage-way. 

All the furnishings of the hotel are rich and m keeping with 
the character of the structure. The furniture, silverware, 
carpets, etc., are elegant in design, rich in C(mstruct:o:i, and 
represent an outlay of $100,000. The Knutsford throughout is 
a veritable palace and it would seem the acme of perfection has 
been reached in its construction and furnishings. The lessee 
and proprietor of the hotel is Mr. G. S. Holmes, the former 
projirietor of the Continental, and one of the most widely 
known and popular hotel men in the entire country. The trav- 
eling men all swear by him and under such favorable manage- 
ment, together with the grai.d character of the hotel, it has and 
will doubtless continue to have the cream of public patronage 
in Salt Lake City. 




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J. W. JENKINS & SONS. 

The iraraeuso iiuautities of harneBS ami sii'Idlery gooJs UKeil 
in tilt' I'nited States invest tlie iudustiy of niauufiicturini,' 
these proihu'ts with »n importance that phices it lit once 
amonK the jjreat branches of trade and commerce. An enter- 
prising and reHable institution engaged in tliis line of bnsi- 
uess is the estabhehment of J. W. Jenkins A Sons, locate<I at 
7() East Second South street, winch whs founded in 18"") by 
J. W. .Jenkins, Sr., now deceased, and was succeeded by .T. \V., 
U. H., and S. .1. .lenkins. This is the largest luaise in its line 
in Salt Lake City, and we presume the oklest in this section of 
the country. Their trade extends throughout Utah, Idaho, 




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.JENKINS A SONS. 

Wyoming, Montana, etc. They occupy a bnilding 47x60 feet, 
arranged with due regard to the convenience of Iheir cus- 
tomers as well as the eighteen men whom they employ. They 
are manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in harness 
and saddlery hardware. The grade of goods turned from th's 
establishment maintains a high reputation for general excel- 
lence, and in eiuisecinonce there is a steady demand throughout 
the entire West for its products. The trade of this house 
today will run over S"><l,(li)l) per annum and is constantly in- 
creasing. 

The personnel of the firm, J. W., ('. H., and S. .T. .lenkins, are 
gentlemen who have followed this business all their lives, and 
of course are thoroughly conversant with it, and are held in 
high esteem by the community for their sterling business 
methods and many social qualities. They are gentlemen whose 
names are linked inseparalily with Salt T.,iike City and her future 
greatness. The cut shown above gives some idea of the 
premises occupied. All grades and styles of articles pertaining 
to horse eipiipments are manufactured to order. 

They also make tents, awnings and wagon covers, etc., 
which are made by hand, all work guaranteed to be durable 
and give entire satisfaction. Strong material and thorough 
workmanship are always embodied in the work turned out by 
this concern, and a trial will convince patrons that they are 
skilled and reliable manufacturers. 



TAYLOR. ROMNEY, ARMSTRONG CO. 

In a write-up of the iu<lustries of the city, it is the object 
and aim of the editors of this work, to incorporate all those 
establishments that cintribnte in a material way to the pros- 
perity of Salt Lake. Standing conspicuously in the ranks of 
the old pioneer firms that have aided to such a wonderful 
degree in the development of the city, is the one that heads this 
article. The iinluslry was founded in lSt;'.l, and incorporated in 
1*<87. The firm are manufacturers, contractors and bniMers, 
also dealers in all kinds of building material and building 
hardware. The plant occupies two acres of griniud, which is 
the property of the company, and employs sixty men in the 
transaction of its immense business. A forty-horsepower 
engine, of the most approved modern pattern, is used in the 
planing mills and sash and door factory, which is a two-story 
structure, r>(\ by 120 feet, where the manuf.icturing of .sash and 
doors is carried on daily on a large scale. The ollicers of the 
i-imipany .are ti. H. Taylor, president and Jissistant manager: 
K. Armstrong, vice-president; (leo. Komney, manager, and G. 
E. Homuey, secretary and treasurer. The directory board 



comprises the above gentlemen, with the addition of W. H. 
-Vrmstrong, and Heber .1. Romney. They are all men of com- 
mercial ability and very prominent in the mercantile commun- 
ity. The itiilustry they represent is of great value to the city, 
and is one that reflects credit upon the Lumerous manufactur- 
ing establishments with which Salt Lake City abounds. 

GEORGE A. LOWE. 

The irrigated farm lands of the .Jordan valley and of the 
other sections of I't ah produce al)undant crops. The farmers 
here are in a much more prosperous condition than those of 
the states lying to the east of the mountains, being independent 
of the climatic conditions so important in that region. .-Vccord- 
iugly they are in a position to ask for and get the best 
auxiliaries to the pursuit of their avocation. The farm 
machinery sold in this section is of the most improved pattern 
anil the demand being at all times especially brisk, the estab- 
lishment of a big business in agricultural implements in this 
quarter depends only on the merit of the goods offered. The 
house of George .\. Lowe has evidently succeeded in winning 
the confidence of the farming community, for the business car- 
ried on by it is heavy enough to call for the congratulations of 
any. This house was established in Corinue, Utah, in 1870 
and removed to Salt Lake in 1874. The concern carries a full 
line of all kinds of farming machinery, wagons, carriages and 
buggies and caters to every branch of the trade. The 
amount of capital invested is about $200,0(10, and on this 
basis a business of 8-"iO0,(l(ln a year is easily transacted iu 
the territory alone. Thirty employes are kept busy at the 
Salt Lake and Ogden houses, and from this place a business 
is carried out over the boundaries of Utah and into Southern 
Idaho and adjacent states. In Salt Lake the plant occupies 
four buildings for offices, salesrooms and storage <iuarters, the 
ground area being 12.'i by :^5() feet. On this groiind sheds are 
maintained for wagons and other stock, and the finest display 
of carriages and buggies that could be desired is to be found. 
.Vside from the business of dealer in agricultural implements 
Mr. Lowe carries a heavy realty tratlic, and owns and occupies 
one of the most attractive residences in the city. His business 
relations are with the heaviest tinanciers in the territory, and 
he is generally looked upon as a solid citizen ami an acquisi- 
tion to the city's traffic promotion. He has, among the other 
special lines represented, the general agency for Peter Schutt- 
ler's wagons, which from certain especial points are better 
adapted to the peculiar conditions of inter-mountain farming 
than most of those oiTertd for the approval of the agriculturist 
in this section. The houses which he represents here with 
wares are of established re])utation in the east, and he is doing 
a great deal to extend that high considerati<m in this region. 



THE MODEL STEAM BAKERY. 

Within the past five years a most important revelation in 
the details of modern science has been the means of opening up 
and developing resources thatare of incomparable value to the 
growth and prosperity of any new community. The establish- 
ment that heads this article is the only steam l)akery in the 
Territory, and is of great heuetit to the city from many points of 
view. The institution, though only founded in .January last, 
already transacts a business at the rate of S.")0,OCll per annum. 
The trade of the concern already extends to the adjoining 
cities and towns and is increasing in volume daily. The plant 
occupies a spac^e lOOxhWfeet in dimensions, and is supplied with 
the most approved machinery, the boilers and engines especially 
being adapted to a heavy run of business, and the transaction 
of the same with ease, rapidity and dispatch. The capacity of 
the bakery is five tons of tlour, or 1,100 loaves of bread daily. 
They also ilo an extensive business in the manufacture of pastry, 
the reputation of which has attained such an excellent charac- 
ter that many new orders are constantly being sent in for their 
choice brands in this line. The proprietors, Messrs. .lohn P. 
Meyer and Leo Kardman. are both natives of ( iermany, and have 
only resided in Utah a little le.ss than one year. They are men 
of enterprise and great integrity of character. and will doubtless 
ere long attain a high rank in the manufacturing industries of 
of .Salt Lake and the Territory of Utah. Their estal)lishment 
is located on Ninth East, between Fifth and Sixth South streets, 
where the owners will be pleased to see any one desiring to be 
shown one of the most complete plants in the West. In order 
to obtain and hold the trade of the country, they use none but 
the tinesi of high grade flour, which is of itself a guarantee of 
the preeminent exi-ellence of their manufactures. In the bus- 
iness they employ continnonsly from eight to ten skilled 
bakers who are thoroagh adepts in their profession and posted 
in all its details. 



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Mr. Hughes is a good business man in every respect, bnt is 
especially adapted to the line he has chosen on account of his 
excellent judgment and thorough knowledge ot the wants of 
the trade. That he is a man held in high esteem in commer- 
cial and financial circles, it is only necessary to say that his 
business card bears on its face as references, the American 
National Bank and Express companies of Salt Lake: C. M. 
Condon, banker, <!)swego, Kansas; R. O. Deming, president 
First National Bank, Oswego; Terrell Bros., Chicago; Wells 
Bros., Coffeyville, Kansas. In addition to his high business 
qualitications and financial standing, he is a gentleman ot 
excellent social qualities and is liked and respected by all who 
have the pleasure ot his acquaintance. 



WALKER BROS. AND FYLER COMPANY. 

The business enterprise, prosperity and solidity of a city, are 
in a large measure indicated by the extent and character of its 
commerical houses. The great dry-goods houses of the country 
with their co-relative 



steam from an engine and boilers of the most approved mod- 
ern construction, while the entire edifice from cellar to dome is 
lighted by electricity. The building is literally a veritable dry- 
goods palace and well worth a visit of inspection by those 
who love to view an extensive and first-class dry-goods house. 
While it is not the province of this work to indulge in exces- 
sive praise of any single establishment, in this instance we feel 
that we are not deviating from our rule by asserting, that while 
no establishment in the city has achieved a more respectable 
position commercially, not one has been conducted upon a 
basis more conservative, honorable and liberal, or managed 
with a more enterprising and progressive policy than the 
Walker Bros, and Fyler Company and that no men stand 
higher in the estimation of their fellow men than the members 
of the same. 

HEESCH & ELLERBECK. 

It is our intention to incorporate in our review of the indust- 
ries and progress of Salt Lake, notices of those business 

houses and enterprises 



branches of trade, have 
exercised a powerful in 
fluence upon the welfare 
of the communities in 
which they are situated, 
and the old, wealthy, and 
successful establishments 
have became familiar, bv 
trade and reputation in 
all sections of the land. 
The history of Salt Lake 
City, though she is still in 
her youth presents many 
facts of great interest to 
the student of mercantile 
history. While its posi- 
tion in one of the richest 
fertile valleys of the world 
gave it unusual advan- 
tages, men of ability were 
needed to promote and 
accelerate development of 
its resources. The ordin- 
ary merchant develops 
talents and qualities in 
the line of his own trade, 
but the requirements of 
growing cities fortunately 
bring to the front men 
of business genius, who 
not only evidence abili- 
ties in their own busines^ 
by that supreme test suc- 
cess, but aid by tht 
wide range of their 
capacity and mental cali- 
ber the general prosperity 
and success of their fel- 
lows, and the wealth and 
reputation of their city. 

Salt Lake has been em- 
inently fortunate in the 
possession of citizens of 
this elevated stamp, but 
to no set of individuals 
does this apply with more 
force or distinguish with 
more unassuming men than the members of the great dry-goods 
house the subject of this article. The Walker Brothers started 
their present enterprise on a small scale in 1IS.54, and that the busi- 
ness has grown to such enormous proportions as it now possesses, 
is due to the enterprise, push and activity ot these gentleman. 
The present firm consisting of M. H. Walker, President; ,J. R. 
Walker, Vice-President;.!. K. Walker. .Jr., Secretary and H. A. 
Fyler, Manager, was organized and incorporated in 1890. The 
average amount of stock carried is .S200,nnO, with an annual 
business of $.5(10,000. The company employe a force of forty 
male and forty-five female clerks and assistants, and its trade 
extends throughout Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyom- 
ing and Nevada. The company occupies an elegant new brick 
building, stone facing, 8.5x16.5 feet, which was erected especially 
for the accommodation and convenience of its large trade. The 
structure is a handsome one, and a finer or more commodious 
business house especially adapted to the dry goods trade would 
be difflclut to find in all the land. The building is heated by 




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which b}- reason of their 
long duration and the 
scale and magnitude of 
their transactions are 
termed "representative;" 
hence in this connec- 
tion, the staunch old firm 
of Heesch A- Ellerbeck 
whose office and business 
is on Erst First South 
St. between Main and 
State, deserves special at- 
tention. Established in 
187.5 it has by pluck, 
energy and enterprise, 
coupled with fair and 
honorable dealing, ob- 
tained a front rank among 
the commercial institu- 
tions of the city. The 
business of the firm is 
that of Plumbers, (Jas, 
Steam Fitters and dealers 
in Steam Heaters, (iae 
fixtures and I'lumber's 
Supplies. They also 
handle Annunciators, 
Burglar .\larms andElec 
trical Lighting Appli- 
ances. They carry one 
ot the largest stocks in 
the West and employ a 
force of forty men. Their 
annual sales amount to 
5;80.(.l00 and are constantly 
increasing in volume 
very year. They occupy 
an elegant two-story 
liuilding which is admira- 
bly arranged for the busi- 
ness and filled with the 
best and most approved 
modern style of design 
and make. Forty feet o£ 
the front part of the build- 
ing is reserved for the of- 
fice and display room, 
where pome ot the most handsome and elegant goods in theliue of 
plumbing fixtures and electrical appliances, ever seen in any 
house greet tbe eye on every side. The exhibit of this firm 
has attracted universal attention in the city, and is well worth a 
visit by those who have not been fortunate enough to see it. 
The basement is used for machinery and the storage of heavy 
fixtures incidental to the business. The firm makes a specialty 
of fine plumbing in all its details and some of their work can 
be seen in the finest residences of the city. Among these being 
the Mansions of Boyd Park, the jeweler, W. S. iSicCornick, 
the Banker, P. L. Williams, Capt. Paul and T. G. Webbers ot 
the Z. C. W. I., and many others, they also did the work in the 
Progress building, which is considered by experts to be a 
remarkable piece of mechanical skill and perfect in all its 
magnitude. Mr. Heesch was tbe first mechanic to do sanitary 
plumbing in Salt Lake, and no little credit is due him there- 
fore as good work in this line contributes largely to the health, 
and prosperity of the people of any city, and at the time he 




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iulrojuced the samp, Salt Lake City was woefully in need of 
just such work. He is one of the most experieuoed and 
practical men in this line that could be found in all the 
land and is constantly studying the healtii with a view to 
practical and substantial improvements. lioth Mr. Heeseh and 
Ellerbeck are old residents of the city, and are deeply inter- 
ested in the prosperity of theeity of theiradoption. The magni- 
tude of their business operations and the character of the 
same have been substantial factors in the (,'rf>wth and develop- 
ment of Salt Lake, and this toRether with their hi-jh staudini;, 
loPK residence, anil larmier experience have placed them in the 
front ranks of commercial establi.shnients, where it is to be 
hoped they may loUf; coutinue iu their present prosperity. 



SIMON BROS. 

Ideas and customs which satisfied the tastes and require- 
ments of a century a<,'o. would appear incongruous in these 
days of progress and enlightenment. \'ast changes have taken 
place, and phenomenal improvements have been made. The 
heroic colonist of 1785, were 
he to be suddenly resurrected ' 
and placed in one of our met- 
ropolitan centers, would be 
as much dazed as was Rip 
Van Winkle when awaken- 
ing from his sleep in the Cat- 
skills. In the matter of 
changes and improvements, 
there is probably no more 
strikiag illustration than 
that produced among tlie 
votaries of fashion in the 
ranks of the fair sex of the 
world. The ladies in these 
modern times vie with each 
other in the niatterof elegant 
and tasty decorations, and 
strive to reach the acme of 
perfection in all that pertains 
to the beautifying of woman. 
.V beautiful woman is one 
of the prettiest sights of 
God's handiwork, and when 
adorned and beautified by 
the work of art. becomes 
one of those irresistible sweet 
creatures to whom man de- 
lights to render homage and 
devotion. A woman is never 
well dressed if the head orna 
ment be deficient, and to the 
milliner, as much, if not 
more, is due the credit when 
the verdict of the public is. 
that "there goes a well 
dressed woman." In this 
line of dress there are con- 
stant improvements being 
made, and as customs and 
fashions change, the mil- 
liner must keep i)ace with the spirit of the age and cater 
to the neeils and retpiiremeuts of the public demand. In order 
to lio this the milliner must possess good taste, a keen ili.scrim- 
inating taste in the selection of stock, and must also have an 
eye to the beautiful as well. A firm possessing these qualifica- 
tions in an eminent degree is doing business in Salt Lake City 
to-day. and its success mainly, has been due that the members 
thereof are men who understand their business. The Messrs. 
Simon Bros, have been engaged in the wholesale millinery and 
ladies' furnishings iu Salt Lake since ISfJo, and have built up 
one of tlie finest trades that seldom falls to the lot of a mer- 
chant. The average stock carried is •? 100.0110, and the volume 
of trade re.iches annually to the magnificent sum of S'.21lo,()0(i. 
The tirm employs twenty male and fifteen female assistants, 
making a grand total of thirty-five employes. The establish- 
ment has splendid quarters for its business, occupying a three- 
story brick structure 'iOxKtO feet in dimensions conveniently 
arranged for the requirements of trade. Steam power is used 
for beating and elevating purposes. The firm manufactures its 
own millinery, in which it employs from ten to fifteen skilled 
artists, and that the goods made are popular, is evident from 
the (act that its trade extends through Utah, Idaho, Montana, 



Washington, Nevada and Wyoming, resulting in the large sales 
annually, as mentioned before in this sketch. 

One great specialty of the firm is its dressmaking depart- 
ment, where a large force of experienced cutters and titters are 
constantly at work in filling the orders that daily come in. This 
department is one of the most complete in its line in the 
country, and perfect work is the consequence. 

The proprietors of this mammoth establishment, Messrs. 
Fred aiul Louie Simon, are natives of (iermany, and have 
resided in Utah for the past twenty-two years. They are active, 
enterprising and energetic mercantile men, heartily and thor- 
oughly identified with the best interests of the city of their 
adoption, and stand high in the estimation of both the commer- 
cial and social world. .\s an evidence of such esteem it may be 
cited that Mr. Fred Simon is the President of the Salt Lake 
Chamber of Commerce, for which position he was selected on 
account of his superior business qualifications, his sterling 
integrity and strict honesty of purpose in all the walks of life. 
Taking all these attributes into consideration, there is no doubt 
but that a bright and happy future awaits this firm in the com- 
mercial word, and that it will not be long until it has attained 
the highest iegree of success which it so justly merits. 




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SIMON HUOS.. WHOLES.\LE MILLINERY .\ND DKY HOODS. 



SOLOMON BROTHERS. 

Few of the business houses of Salt Lake can advance so 
manv claims to public notice and favor as the one whose name 
stands at the head of this article. The age of this, the high 
standing which it has always maintained in tlie^ mercantile 
world, the great reputation it bears all over the West, as well 
as the magnitude of its business operations, all unite to ren<]er 
it eminently deserving of the highest commendation in the pages 
of a work <levoted to an impartial presentation of the advant- 
ages of Salt Lake in a commercial and industrial point of view. 
This house has had a most creditable history and prosperous 
career. For more than twenty years the Solomon Bros., 
.\lfred and .Tames, have been engaged in the business of whole- 
sale dealers and manufacturers of boots and shoes at 70 S. 
Fast Temple street. In that time they have built up one of 
the finest trades of any house in the city. They occupy a 
commodious two-story building for a factory and sale-room 
which is filled with choice goods in their line. The factory 
gives to forty hands who are constantly employed. Their 
pay-roll in consequence amounts to a large sum .innnally and 
is one of the largest of any house in the city. They carry au 



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average stock of $25,000 and their annual sales ranse from 
$60,000 to $75,000. They sell goods throughout Utah, Nevada, 
Idaho, New Mexico, Wyoming. Colorado, and Arizona, and 
their trade is constantly increasing, as the character of the 
goods turned out by the firm is of such an excellent iiuality 
as to be constantly in demand all over the wide range of ter- 
ritory in which they are sold. The Solomon Brothers came to 
Silt Lake with the pioneers of 1847, and have been continuous 
residents ever since. When they landed on the present site of 
Salt Lake City, Mr. .Tames Solomon had wealth to the amount 
of just one penny, which he still retains in memory of old times. 
He says, to use his own language, "I ru.b it when I get short 
and my courage comes back again." He can now however 
count his dollars instead of pennies all of which he has earned 
by hard labor and diligence through thirty-four years of steady 
application to business. Alfred Solomon is a Bishop of the 
Mormon church in the twenty-second ward, and has always 
been one of the most prominent members of the same. The 
youngest of the brothers was marshal and chief of police of the 
city for four years. Up to the advent of the Liberal party 
into power, last year, and during all his official career he was an 
honest conscientious man, and a gallant officer. He is uni- 
versally esteemed and respected by all who have the pleasure 
of bis acquaintance, and recognized as a man of ability in 
commercial circles. Both the brothers are largely interested 
in readily consisting of business property in the city and farms 
adjacent'thereto. Most of these farms are worth large sums of 
money, the brothers having been offered from $500 to 81,000 
per acre for the same. They however refused the offer, believ- 
ing that Salt Lake and Utah has a wonderful future before 
them, and are therefore willing to trust for greater rewards 
when the development of _ _^.. 

the city and Territory 
shall be more fully accom- 
plished. The Solomon 
brothers are public- 
spirited, liberal and enter- 
prising gentlemen, stand- 
ing deservedly high, both 
as merchants and citizens. 
As a firm they add greatly 
to the building up of the 
city's interest and deserve 
classification among the 
leading commercial and 
industrial enterprises of 
Salt Lake and Utah. 



('LIFT IHM (SE. 



CLIFT HOUSE. 

In enumerating the 
business enterprises of 
cities due attention must, 
of cou rse,be given to those 
establishments which 
provide tor the comfort and convenience of the public, and to no 
class of institv.tions does this apply more forcibly than hotels 
and their proprietors. All cities pride themselves on having 
popular hostelries where visitors can be entertained with com- 
fort and made to feel at home. There is no city probably in the 
entire west that has so many favorite hotels and landlords as 
Salt Lake. Among these popular instituticms the Clitt 1 louse 
takes rank with them all. Although only a two dollar-a-day 
house, its appertaiuments, conveniences and menu are flrst-claf s 
in all respects. The house was newly furnished and reopened 
in 1887 by the present proprietor, Andrew C. Brixen, of whom 
it can be said, he is among the most popular landlords to be 
found m the whole country. The hotel is centrally located, 
and conducted on the American plan. It is a three-story brick 
building, situated on the corner of Main and Third South 
streets, and impresses the beholder at once with its neat and 
home-like appearance. It has sixty-two sleeping rooms and has 
a capacity for accommodating 150 guests. The dining room is 
large, seating one hundred people and presided over by atten- 
tive and obliging waiters. A fine bar-room is also connected 
with the house, also an elegant and commodious parlor and 
other, and numerous adjuncts for the convenience of patrons. 
The entire house is lighted by gas and electricity, water on 
every floor, and all the rooms are supplied with electric annuncia- 
tors insuring prompt attention to calls. The hotel has a force 
of men and women who are attentive to their duties, and 
obliging and polite to guests. The proprietor has aimed to 
render his house a pleasant one at which to stop by providing 
his patrons with all the comforts of a home-like nature, and has 



succeeded admirably as a glaoce at the hotel register will show 
A large number of families have their homes at this house, 
many of whom have been there for years, thus proving conclu- 
sively that the untiring efforts of the proprietor to please are 
duly appreciated. The Clift is a strong favorite with all classes 
of the traveling public and especially so with the traveling 
salesmen and theatrical people who patronize the liouse to a 
greater extent than any other in Salt Lake City, which fact is 
due to the abundantly supplied table, the cleanly kept rooms 
and the uniformly kind and courteous treatment they enjoy 
while stopping at this house. Mr. Brixen is deservedly popular 
with the actor's profession, which he so admires, as is attested 
by the fact that the office and reading room of the Clift are 
adorned with large pictures of many of the great celebrities 
nicely framed. In conclusion it is but justly meet and proper, 
that a fair share of praise be awarded to the estimable wife of 
Mr. Brixen who is a lady of fine business sagacity and excellent 
social and intellectual qualifications. To her advice and 
judgment Mr. Brixen has often deferred, the wisdom of such a 
course being developed in the events that followed. The world 
would be much better off if men possessing companions of such 
abilities as Mrs. Brixen has developed would consult with them 
oftener on business affairs. A woman is naturally of a quick 
and perceptive nature, and many a man might have prospered 
and been saved from financial ruin had he placed confidence in 
his wife's jvidgment and confided his troubles to her before it 
was too late. Be it said that Mr. Brixen with the aid of his ex- 
cellent wife who has been as devoted to their interests as he 
himself, is at this early day the proud possessor of a fortune 
which does not fall short of 8100,000. Not a bad showiug from 
a start made on a borrowed capital of $2(10 eleven years ago. 



CLIFT HOUSE 
"WINE ROOM. 

.\ neat and attractive 
wine room is not only an 
ornament to any city, btit 
an absolute necessity iu 
any community that pre- 
tends to metropolitan 
greatness. 

A well regulated resort 
of this character is always 
certain to be liberally pat- 
ronized from the fact that 
gentlemen always go 
where they are well 
treated. Amcng the many 
sample rooms in the 
country, the subject of 
thissketch isuudonbtedly 
the fiuest in all Salt 
Lake. Mr. C. H. Deu- 
halter, the proprietor, 
carries in stock none but the best brands of wines, liquors and 
cigars, the variety of which is of a very extensive character. 
The room occupied is large and commodious and fitted up with 
all the modern elegance of metropolitan style. The establish- 
ment although only inaugurated by Mr. Deuhalter in 1890, has 
bacome very popular with the public, and the business will 
compare very favorably with that of any in its line iu Utah. 
One reason tor this is the excellent quality of the goods carried 
and another is that the treatment accorded all patrons is of the 
m-)st gentlemanly character. Mr. Dsuhalter is formerly from 
St. Louis, Missouri, and has been a resident of Salt Lake for 
thirteen years. He is also largely interested in the Salt Lake 
Soda Water Company, oue of the largest concerns between 
Chicago and San Francisco. He is a practical man in all his 
business aft'airs and a gentleman with whom it ia a pleasure to 
meet. Mes3rs. Wm. Best and Wm. Grey, the two gentlemen 
who cater to the wants of the public, are meu who thoroughly 
understand their business and are always polite and attentive 
to all patrons. They are skilful mixers of all these delicious 
drinks which the human anatomy craves, and can be depended 
upon to give you just what you call for. The Clift House 
wine room is in all respects a novel one, and deserving of the 
large popularity it enjoys. 





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THE GEORGE DUNFORD SHOE COMPANY. 

One of the olJeet and most importaut mercantile houses of 
Salt Lake City is the boot and shoe business founded in 1854 
by Geo. Ounford, and certain it is that no house of like charac- 
ter is more favorably known or enjoys a more wide-spread rep- 
utation throufjhout Utah. Mr. Uunford came to Zion in 1854, 
and, with a small stock of merchandise, opened a general store, 
and beinK a careful, industrious busiuesa man, prospered as the 
city grew, until its population had multiplied several times, 
and the trade that he had acquired had increased to that extent 
which justifies a change from a stock of general mercliaudise 
to the exclusive line of boots and shoes, and for which Mr. 
Dunford was so admirably suited. From the time the change 
was made he became a leader in that particular branch of mer- 
chandise, carrying at all times a tine and varied assortment of 
boots, shoes, slippers and rubber goods of every grade, from the 
most popular and celebrated brands of foot-wear to the cheaper, 
so that it has been 
known far and near that 
the house of Oeo. Dun- 
ford was the place to 
get just what you want. 
Xo similar institution 
has maintained a better 
reputation for honor- 
able and square dealing, 
and no better testimon- 
ial of which fact can be 
offered to the public 
than that this house 
has nourished from its 
inception, and its busi- 
ness has not only stead- 
ily increased propor- 
tionately with the 
growth of the city, but 
has for its customers to- 
day, patrons who dealt 
with the house twenty- 
five years ago. -A. more 
complete line of every- 
thing known in ladies', 
men's or children's 
shoes, from the heaviest 
brogan for men, to the 
shoe that will tit the 
tiniest lady's foot, in all 
sizes of the best material 
and latest approved 
style, cannot be found 
outside of this well- 
known and reliable 
house. 

The Geo. Dunford 
Shoe Company was 
recently incorporated 
with a capital stock of 
$20,01)11, and its otticers 
are Ijorenzo Snow, Jr.. 
President: A. E. Snow, 
Vice-President; (Jeo. F. 
Gibbs. Secretary and 
Treasurer, and Eliza 
Snow Dunford, Super- 
intendent, and since 
which time, for the 
accommodation of 



which he thought would redound to the welfare of the city and 
Territory. We present on this page a very true likeness of Mr. 
r)unford as he usually appeared in every day life. 




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its large business, movt d to the elegant and commodious prtm- 
ises it now occupies at No. 14 East First Stieet, where every 
convenience and facility for the rapid transaction of business 
and the comfort of its customers are enjoyed. It is but bt til ting 
that due notice should be given in this sketch to the founder of 
the business we have just described. Mr. George Dunford, 
now deceased, having breathed his last on February 17, 1H91, 
the result of an accidental injury received at his place of busi- 
ness previously, was born December 1.°), IS'i'J, at Trowbridge, 
Wiltshire, England. He was upwards of thirty years of age 
when he came to Salt Lake City, and since which time has 
ranked and been recognized as one of the country's most solid, 
enterpiising and worthy citizens. His friends were always 
numerous, and especially among the old-timers, who experi- 
enced, in common with him, the ups and downs incident to 
Western life in early days. He was always a prominent 
man in business affairs, taking great interest in any action 



UTAH PAINT AND OIL COMPANY. 

En writing a descriptive review of the commercial resources 
and advantages of Salt Lake, and in mentioning the various 
enterprises which have materially aided in building up a great 
city, and developing the resources of the territory, there is no 
establishment more deserving of mention and praise than the 
Utah Paint and Oil Company which was founded in \>*HH, by 
Coombs, Hamlin & Keate and succeeded and incorporated by 
the present firm in 188!). Guided by a business policy founded 
upon the most honorable basis of mercantile integrity, it is 
not surprising that they now occupy a position among the most 

prominent e s t a b 1 i sh- 
ments in the city and 
enjoy a custom and 
trade that extends 
throughout all the 
surrounding country. 
The Utah Paint and Oil 
Company is a wholesale 
and retail dealer in 
paints of all kinds, wall 
paper, oils of every de- 
scription, mouldings and 
painters' supplies. 
They are also house 
decorators in which line 
they have quite a repu- 
tation as artists of unex- 
ceptionable ability. 
They carry a stock of 
S6,(ilM) and do a business 
of 8;^(),f)(>ii per annum. 
They employ from 
twenty-fiTe to t h i rt y 
hands and have com- 
modious store and stock 
roomsseparate and apart 
from each other. The 
oflicers of the company 
are S. J. Coombs, mana- 
ger andsiiperintendent; 
W. J. Jones, cashier and 
secretary. The boanl 
of directors comprises 
these two gentlemen, 
and David and A. 
Coombs, Lorenzo 
Cracroft and J. H. Ham- 
lin. All of these gentle- 
men are well known 
business men of Salt 
Lake and are recognized 
as subtantial and enter- 
prising men who have 
the best interests of the 
city at heart and have 
done much to promote 
the same. The Mana- 
ger and Superintendent, 
Mr. S. J. Coombs is a 
gentleman of unusual 
always been a strong 



experience in his line, and has 

supporter of the commercial interests of Salt Lake, and 
practically and thoroughly identified with the same 
His experience and rare good judgment together with 
his high business qualifications aptly fit him for the position 
he holds. Mr. Jones, the cashier and secretary, is a native of 
England and came to the United States when he was only five 
years of age. He settled in Utah in 1 808 and has followed the 
painting business ever since. When the present organization 
was formed he was engaged in an enterprise of his own but went 
in with the company as cashier and secretary, a position he holds 
with honorto himself and a credit to the company. He is a man of 
large commercial abilities and a gentleman very highly 
regarded in the social walks of life. This honse is located at 
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THE UTAH PLUMBING SUPPLY CO. 

In connectiou with the building interests of this great sec- 
tion, there is no branoh of industry that exercises so potent an 
influence upon the general welfare of the community as that in 
which the above company is engaged. The great magni- 
tude, too, of this establisliment and its extensive ramifications 
is a great factor in the commercial prosperity of Salt Lake, and 
entitled to careful consideration in this work. This institu- 
tion commenced business on January let, of this year, with a 
grand capital of $U)U,(HIO. The company are jobbers and 
wholesele dealers in plumbing, gas fitting, and steam goods. 
They are also heavy manufacturers of lead pipe, having pur- 
chased the plant of the old Germania Smelting Company 
which has a large daily capacity. Owing to the great demand 
for lead pipes, on account of the water main extensions of the 
city, the company has been supplying a ton per day for sev- 
eral mouths. The business of the company since the start has 
increased wonderfully, or to be exact, at the rate of 50 per 
cent, per mouth. Tnis, however, is not to be wondered at 
when the fact is taken into consideration that they have the 
largest stock, and the best facilities 
for the rapid transaction of business 
of any firm, company or corpora- 
tion, in their line, west of the Mis- 
souri Kiver. The institution occu- 
pies an extensive building, 70 by 
158 feet in dimensions, which is a 
model one for the purposes it is 
used, being conveniently arranged 
and ideal in all respects. A cement 
floor furnishes a solid receptacle 
for the heavy goods used by the 
firm. They keep staple goods only, 
and their stock of l^lumbers' and 
Steamfitters' supplies are complete 
from beginning to end. Tliey sell 
to the trade exclusively, and in 
addition to a heavy local trade 
send large quantities of goods tc 
Idaho, Wyoming and Western 
Colorado, and do an annual busi- 
ness of large proportions. The 
officers of this mammoth industry 
are David W. James, President; 
J. G. Midgeley, Vice-President; J. 
C Heesch, Treasurer, and J. W. 
Farrell, Secretary. The directory 
board comprises the above named 
gentlemen with the addition of 
Mr. R. Morrison. All are old resi- 
dents and prominent citizens of 
Utah with the exception of Mr. 
Morrison who recently came to the 
city from Colorado. The entire 
establishment is under the man- 
agement of Mr. E. B. Shoebridge 
who was selected for this 
important position on account 
of his superior qualifications 

pertaining to ail the details of the business. He is 8 
thoroughly practical man in his line, a gentleman of acknow- 
ledged mercantile ability, and highlv esteemed in Eocial circles. 
The officers and manager being known as prompt and reliable 
mercantile men, no enterprise can offer better inducements or 
give closer attention to the accomplishment of any matters in 
their line entrusted to them. All occupy high social positions, 
and take an active part, both by word and deed, in all things 
pertaining to the best interests of the city and the Territory. 



he disposes ot to the trade only. His specialty is in storing 
goods from eastern houses and distributing them in carload 
lots. His territory covers Utah and Idaho, and he enjoys a 
large annual trade which is constantly increasing in extent and 
volume. He is a thoroughly practical man in his line, a man 
of splendid bu.'iness qualifications, broad and liberal in his 
views and transactions with his fellow men, and a pleasant 
gentleman socially. He is a representative commercial man in 
all respects, and has aided very materially during his six years 
of active business in Salt Lake jn building up and developing 
its commercial interests. 



THE SALT LAKE ABSTRACT, TITLE, GUARANTY 
AND TRUST COMPANY. 

The value of a reliable abstracting company toa community 
where so much real estate changes hands as in Salt Lake, can- 
not be over-estimated. The value also of such an enterprise is 
doubly assured when such a company guarantees and insures 
an abstract to be correct, holding itself liable for any and all 
mistakes that may be made by it. The Salt Lake Abstract 
Title Guaranty & Trust Co., 265 S. Main street, is one of this 
character and has an excellent reputation for correctness and 
reliability in all its transactions with the public. It was 
organized and began business in February, 1889, and was sub- 
sequentlv incorporated in September of the same year with Jos. 
H. Smith, Prest.,E. X. Genter, Secretary, and J. W. Nefl^, Man- 
ager and Treasurer. Then again at the annual meeting for 
1891 the officers were re-elected as follows: Jos. H. Smith Pres. 
James I. Xeff, Vice-Pres. and Ed. K. (ienter. Secretary. The 
Company has elegant quarters, very handsomely fitted up and 
provided with one of the finest vaults in the country. The 




W. J. DeBRUHL. 



The value to a community of such an enterprise as the above 
cannot be over-estimated, and is certainly deserving of notice 
in an extended review of the commercial and mercantile indus- 
tries of Salt Lake City. Mr. W. J. PeBruhl started in business 
in this city in 1885 as a manufacturer's agent, shipping, storage 
and commission merchant. The gentleman represents some of 
the best firms in the East, among whom are Arbuckle Bros 
Coffee Company, New York ; Cereal Milling Company, Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa ; United States Sugar Refinery, Waakegan, 111.; 
King A' Lamb, Chicago ; Church & Co., Xew York ; T. A. 
Snider Preserving Company, Cincinnati. Mr. DeBruhl has a 
large two-story warehouse, which is filled with choice goods 
from the various manufacturers which he represents and which 



THK S.\LT LAKE ABSTEACT, TITLE, GUAKANTY AND TRUST COMPANY. 

vaults are of the Diebold Safe Company construction and con- 
sists of two chambers in which there are .SIO boxes which rent 
from 85 to $25 per year. A visit to the office will at once dem- 
onstrate that the company is up to its eyes in businets, as fifteen 
skilled assistants are to be seen at their respective desks, all 
busily at work. The company has a cash capital of $100,000 
and does a general abstracting business, furnishing and guar- 
anteeing titles, serves in the capacity of administrators, guar- 
dians, executors of wills and takes charge of papers in escrow. 
The members of the Company are all residents of Salt Lake 
with the exception of the president, Mr. -loseph II. Smith, who 
is the efficient and able county clerk and recorder of Arrapahoe 
County, Colorado. Mr. Genter, the Eecretary, is a native of 
Ohio and is a gentleman of experience in the line of his avoca- 
tion, and a man of recognized businees abilities. The manager 
and treasurer, Mr. X'eff, hails from Pennsylvania and was 
selected for his present position on account of his superior 
qualifications for the same. He is a gentleman also of high 
Eocial qualities and is universally esteemed by all who know 
him. By judicious management, strict attention to business, 
and undoubted integrity, the company has succeeded in build- 
ing up a business that is highly satisfactory to its members 
and their establishment ranks among the first in its line in the 
West. They are entirely worthy of public confidence and 
esteem, and merit the true measure of business success. 



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T. C. ARMSTRONG, Jr. 

Numbered among the growing imliistries of Salt Lake City; 
those that are ahke importaut to the (MtyV growth and tlie set- 
tlement of the wide stretch of agriciiltiirnl laud for which it 
forms the dislrihuting point, will be found the hay, grain, seed 
and general commission t)nsine8P. 




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T. ('. AKMSTHONG. Jr. (COMMISSION HOUSE. 

Utah is n wonderfully productive territory. Its fertile land 
is suitable for raising every farm product known to a temper- 
ate climate, and the iiuantity of hay, grain, and other feed 
raised within its borders is enormous. 

The establishment of T. C. Armstrong, Wholesale Jobber in 
bay, grain, seed. Hour, feed, etc., at 472 and 47-t W. Second 
South Strfet, is an institution well able to take care of this 
branch of Industry in Salt Lake City. Mr. Armstrong con- 
ducts the largest and most widely known business of this char- 
acter in the territory. He commenced business in 1S75, and 
now occupies a large three-story block, 7S by 8H, located in the 
lieart of the city, Mr. Armstrong handles his husiuetsonan 
immense scale, and has unrivaled facilities for the efficient 
handling and storage and heavy consignments. 

The extensive arrangements made by Mr. .\rmstrong with 
all the producers throughout the territory enables him to offer 
to the trade such advantages and inducements as few other 
houses can duplicate. 

Hay, grain. Hour, grass and garden seeds, feed, etc., are 
leading specialties, and immense quantities of these products 
pass through this establishment. 





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Mr. .Vrmstrong's trade extends over a vast teriitory.and his 
plan of business is familiarly known to all the local merchants 
throughout Idaho, Wymning, Montana, Nevada and Utah. 
From the very start it acquired a widespread and enviable 
reputation, which has been maintained ever since. 

Mr. .\rniRtrong came to Salt Lake City in 1856, and has 
built himself up gradually to a position of inHuence and 
responsibility in the community. He is a straightforward 
business man, sagacious and enterprising. 

Independent of his business relations with the wholesale 
jobbing trade throughout the country, Mr. Armstrong is inter- 
ested in public and educational matteis in Salt Lake City, hav- 



ing been a member of the school board until his term expired 
in 18S)1. He is also a hearty supporter of fraternal organiza- 
tions, being Sr. Grand Chancelor of the Knights of Pythias, 
for the territory of Utah. He is regarded by every one who 
has the pleasure of his acquaintance, as a man of integrity and 
high business (lualificalions. He has been one of the most 
faithful and successful workers for I'ythiauism in this jurisdic- 
tion, l)Oth in the subordinate, grand and supreme lodges. 

Politically Mr. Armstrong has been a staunch member of 
the Liberal parly, and has been such for the past fifteen years. 
His effective work in all public spirited movements has been 
felt and acknowledged by the community, aud has invariably 
met with its hearty approbation. 



SILVER BROS. 

Of all the occupations engaging the industrious application 
of hnmaii thought, energy and endeavor, there is none of 
more imi)ortance than that of the scientifically skilled ma- 
chinist. The machinist is one, who, educated in the laws and 
principles of luechauice, has the genius and skill to apply them 
so as to produce practical results in the shape of machinery. 
Salt Lake hhs several Hourishing establishments in this line, 
and among the leading ones is the firm of Silver ISros., pro- 
prietors of machine shop, iron and brass foundry. Their plant 
occupies a space of ."ixKiJ rods, with an entrance to the premihes 
of lixG* rods. They manufacture castings of all kinds, and 
have facilities for turning out work weighing as high as seven 
tons. They transact a large business for the breweries and do 
a goodly portion of the work for the electric railway com- 
panies. They also make castings for buildings, and wrought 
iron work as well. They furnished all the iron work for tlie 
Hotel Templeton, iron and steel work of the Chamber of 
Commerce building, and the Morgan Hotel. They also sup- 
l)lied the Utah Loan and Trust ( ompany, building at Ogden 
with the iron aud steel work, the columns of which weighed 
four tons nine hundred pounds each, anil are now finishing 
the McCoruiick block, which will be the largest in the city 
when completed, with the necessary iron materials used in its 
construction. The plant is a very extensive one, employing 
tifty-two men. making the annual pay-roll of this enterprise 
one of the largest in the Territory. The amount of annual 
business transacted ranges from St;0,Oo() to S75,0(l(l, and is con- 
stantly increasing. The industry is one of the most important 
in Salt Lake, aiding largely and materially in the work of her 
development and growth, and the magnitude to which this 
enterprise will extend in the future and the value of the same to 
the city and Territory, is beyond the immeasurable fields of 
imagination. Within seven years it has grown from an es- 
tablishment that gave employment to eight men, to one that 
now furnishes work for hfty to sixty men the year round, and 
the means by which 2((l to 3tl(i people are annually siipporte<l 
The plant is esseijtially a home industry, whose value to this 
community cannot be estimate<l: it sbould be fostered and 
encouraged to the fullest extent. 

Builders and contractors should never send a dollar abroad 
for material or work so long as there is an iron foundry in Salt 
Lake, possessing the facilities for executing good work that this 
does. .Joseph .\.. Hyrum A. and John A. Silverare the proprie- 
tors and owners of this great plant, and are all active, energetic 
men in the prime of life. 

We do not C(uisi<ler it amiss to state in this connection, that 
the early life of these gentlemen was one beset with adversity, 
for when they arrived in this country, they were in modest cir- 
cumstances and by a system of proper economy, only were they 
enabled to supply themselves with the necessary capital to 
commence their present business and to accomplish which they 
labored for fifteen >ears in the mines and on the rail- 
roads of Utah. John .\. Silver held the jjosition of .Vssistant 
Master Mechanic with the Union Pacitic road for nine years 
and during that period, Joseph and Hyrum were occupied as 
foreman in the machine shops of the same. It was after leav- 
ing the employ of the Union Pacitic. that they purchased their 
present business, then in its infancy, from their father, Wm. J. 
Silver, who founded it. The venerable gentleman is a native 
of London, still living at a hearty and ripe old age. He is one 
of the finest mechanical engineers in thecountiy, a number one 
draughtsman and a piominent member of the .\merican Me- 
chanical Engineers Society. The bo\8 have reason to be proud 
of their sire, and Ihe latter conlemplHtes with pride and gratifi- 
cation, the achievement of his sons, who have accomplished 
much. There are no more active business men iu the city, nor 
any imbued with a greater confidence in the future possibilities 
of the Territory. 



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THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER COMPANY. 

The works of nature are marvelous and Ijeyond the handi- 
work of man. The Great Creator of all things, when he formed 
this beautiful earth invested and adorned it with all the glory 
and magnificence that a master mind could suggest. The 
mountains, hills, valleys, dales, rivers, oceans and seas are per- 
petual reminders of the power of God and everlasting monu- 
ments of tlie skies and grandeur of our heavenly architect. 
Man with all his ingenuity, backed by the wonderful develop- 
ments of modern science and intellectual progress, has never 
been able to produce aiiything so beautiful as the natural 
wonders of the world. The physicians of modern times, rein- 
forced by all the paraphernalia of science, and the schools of 
learning have been taught lessons of wisdom from the healing 
streams of nature. The uncultured and untutored Indian, 
who, not many years ago, roamed over the broad domains of the 
West, with tierce and vindictive passions swaying his soul and 
mind, discovered and partook of the life-giving waters so boun- 
tifully provided by the Father of all things in the creation of 
the world. Way up in rugged Idaho, surrounded by mount- 
ains of perpetual snow, and yet where the wild flowers bloom 
and shed their fragrance in the bright golden summer days 
flows a spring that is an eternal reminder of the power of the 
-■Vlmighty Creator, and one of the beauties of nature. Over a 
mile above the level of the sea, the sparkling, gurgling waters 
of the "Idanha" flash and scintilate under the golden rays of 
a sun that shines out in all its gorgeous splendor from the 
cloudle.9s sky of Idaho. Here, surrounded by all the glories of 
nature, the aborigines quaffed the nectar of health-giving 
waters before the heel of the white man had ever trod the shores 
of the new world. Here the famous Ponce De Leon in his 
search, centuries ago, for the fountain of perpetual youth, 
might have exclaimed "Eureka," "'I've found it," had but his 
footsteps been guided in the right direction. For ages and 
centuries these springs remained m their mountain home un- 
known and undiscovered by civilized man. The great "Path- 
tinder," -lohn C. Fremont, was probably the first white man to 
taste the waters of these now celebrated Soda Springs, an 
account of which is given in his official reports. Then the great 
exodus of brave and hardy people from the east began in 18-15. 
They banded themselves together and like resistless torrent these 
brave pioneers passed over the West toward the land of the Set- 
ting Sun, and the development of the country was practically 
begun. When the band of brave men and women, worn and 
weary from their tramp through the miles of sandy and deso- 
late plains that span the distance from the Missouri River, on 
the '24th day of July, 1847, landed in the Jordan Valley, and 
founded the present great city of Salt Lake, the sun of civiliza- 
tion rose over the western hills never to again set except in a 
blaze of glory at the end of time. Some of these hardy men 
visited Idaho and discovered thf se now famous Soda Springs. 
They brought the news back to Brigham Young, the head of 
the Mormon church, and lie in company with a number of the 
chiefs and dignitaries of the church visited the springs to see 
for themselves of the wonderful properties of which they had 
been told the waters possessed. The great apostle was so 
impressed at what he witnessed and tasted that he called his fol- 
lowers around him, and there on bended knees and uncovered 
heads, he, in the name of God he invoked blessings for all time 
to come, upon its sparkling waters. Whether or not the invo- 
cation was heard, none but the All-Powerful one knows, but 
the words of Holy Writ teaches us that God answereth prayer, 
and certain it is that from that time down to the present day, 
thousands of people all over this broad land have had occasion 
to thank God for the miraculous relief and cures these waters 
have afl:orded them. 

These springs are in groups as the illustrations will show, 
are situated in Rrigham County, Idaho, in a depression of the 
Wasatch Mountains, sixty miles east of Pocadeta, and ten 
hours ride from Salt Lake City. An analysis of the waters re- 
veals its properties as follows: the presence of bi-carbonate of 
soda, bi-oarbonate of potash, chloride of sodium and potash, 
sulphate of magnesia, lime, alumina, silica, carbonate of iron, 
free carbonic acid gas, and a number of other health-giving ingre- 
dients. The waters are a sovereign remedy for all manner of 
indigestion, kidney trouble. Blight's disease, diabetes, dropsy, 
and a thousand kindred ills that the human flesh is heir to. 
Their continual use does away with the appetite for spirituous 
liquors, and the day is not probably far distant when they will 
prove a boon to the drunkard and a powerful factorin the cause 
of temperance throughout the breadth and length of the world. 
The climate where these springs are situated is delightful. The 
summer days are warm but not excessively so, but the nights 
are so cool that blankets are required the year round. The 
epot is a romantic one, and together with the healing waters, 



is a place that makes life worth living for. The Water Company 
have already erected a mammoth hotel there and are doing 
their utmost to make it the most famous summer resort in the 
world. With all the natural advantages it possesses the facili- 
ties for transportation, being reached by the Oregon Short Line 
and Utah i Northern railway companies, it is destined to be- 
come a rival to the great Spas of Europe. 

The present Soda Springs Company was organized January 
6, 1887, and a series of scientific and mechanical tests were 
made with a view of ascertaining if the water could be bottled 
and still retain its excellence and medical properties. After an 
extensive and lengthy experiment the secret was discovered, 
and the water was soon on sale in all the towns of the surround- 
ing country, until it is sold from here to New York and British 
Columbia, and south to San Diego. The officers of the company 
are Fred Pabst of the famous Milwaukee brewing company. 
President; W. A. Clark, Vice-President; Theodore Schausen, 
Treasurer, and W. J. Mclntyre, Secretary and Manager. The 
directors consist of the above named gentlemen with the addition 
of Wm. M. Bradley, of the law firm of Bennett, Marshall & 
Bradley, and Fred J. Kiessell, a prominent merchant of the 
Territory. The capital stock of the organization is .SIOO.OOO, 
and the principal office is in this city. The officers and 
directors, with the exception of the president, are all prominent 
men of Salt Lake and Ogden, and comprise some of the 
wealthiest men in the Territory. The manager, Mclntyre, is 
a native of the Sunny South, having been born in Louisiana. 
He may, however, be considered a western man as he has 
been out in this region of the country for twenty years or 
more. He is a man of recognized business qualifications and 
is a typical type of the true southern gentleman in every re- 
spect. The company is to be congratulated on their acquisi- 
tion of Mr. Mclntyre as manager, as he is in every way fitted 
for the position, and is undoulitedly the right man in the 
right place. He is a firm and enthusiastic believer in the 
efficacies of the waters he represents, and takes great pleas- 
ure in showing and explaining the same to visitors. A call 
on him at the elegant quarters of the company in the Hooker 
Block, will be one of pleasure and interest to any one, as he 
will be pleased to see all who may desire to test for them- 
selves the many curative properties and advantages possessed 
by the waters of the celebrated " Ivanha " Soda Springs of 
Idaho. 



C. H. CROW. 

One of the industries of Salt Lake City which exercises a 
most favorable iijfluence upon her commercial prosperity is the 
harness business. Prominent among the firms engaged in the 
line of business is C. H. Crow who as a manufacturer of sad- 
dles and harness at 58 East First Street South, has a reputa- 
tion for excellency of work and material that cannot be sur- 
passed. Mr. Crow started in business in Salt Lake City in 
1863, and has been in active mercantile life ever since. This 
enterprise was first started as SeeymiUer and Crow, and after- 
wards as Crow & Bowing. In 1879, Mr. Crow purchased the 
interest and goodwill of his partner, and has ever since run the 
business in his own name. The gentleman does both a job- 
bing and retail business and enjoys a large trade extending 
hrough Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Mr. Crow has three 
sons working with him and this in connection with his other 
employes gives him a competent force of practical workmen. 
The gentleman is a native of England but has been a resident 
of Utah since 1859. Mr. Crow is a practical man in his busi- 
ness, having learned his trade in England where he worked 
four years at the bench as an apprentice. His old indenture 
as an apprentice, written on parchment, and dating way back 
1847 he has had framed and hung in his establishment as an 
evidence that he thoroughly learned his avocation. He is 
justly very proud of the same and would not part with it 
under any consideration. In 1851 he left home and went to 
Birmingham, P^lugland, where he first began his long and suc- 
cesful career as a harness maker. In 1859 he cast his for- 
tunes in Salt Lake and has been eminently succefsful ever 
since. In 1888 he received from the Deseit Agricultural and 
Manufacturing Society a diploma for the best heavy har- 
ness, which was a recognition of his merits as a practical man in 
his line. 

Mr. Crow has been prominently identified with all the com- 
mercial interests of Salt Lake for many years, and has been hon- 
ored by his fellow-citizens by a seat in the city council in the 
early history of the city. He is a self-made man, conscientious in 
all his dealings, and believes that a strict adherence to the 
golden rule is a good principle to follow in all the transac- 
tions of life. 




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GEO. M. SCOTT & CO. 

H-The hardware trade is confessedly one of the greatest fac- 
tors in the rapid and iistonlHliin^' development of this City and 
Territory, and thu K'rowlh and progress of the leadinn houses 
in tliat linn nrc of jjeueral interest. I'rominont amniifj the 



many inBtitutions for which 'Salt Lake is noted, stands the 
veteran estahlishment of Geo. M. Scott & Co. founded in 1R71 
and which after twenty years of an honorable business career, 
stands out prominently as one of the best and most favorably 
known houses in the Western country. The establishment 
was originally operated, by Messrs. Scott it Dunham, but later, 



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.GEO.M. SCOTT A CO., HAUDW.\KK. 

on became incorporated with Geo. M. Scott, President; Jas. Boilers, Mack Injectors, Buffalo Scales and '.Jefferson Horse 

(ilendinnine. Vice President, .fe II. S. Knmfield, Secretary. It Whim, Blake Pumps— in fact the Company handle anythinir 

deals heavily in hardware metals, stoves, tinware, mill find- and everythint; in the line of Hardware and Carriages, a stock 

ings, miners' and blacksmiths' tools, etc., and is agent for the of mammoth proportions. The premises occupied consist of a 

Dodge Wood Pulley, Rjebling's Steel Wire Kope. Vacuum massive four-story brick and stone building 'J.'ixKHI feet in 

Cylinder and Eagine Oils, Hercules Powder, Atlas Engines <t dimensions, admirably arranged for the business, which furn- 



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ishes employmeut to tweut.y-flve people and supplies the 
demands of a trade extending^ throughout Utah, Idaho, Wyom- 
ing and Montana, with annual sales an\ounting to a large sum. 
The officers of the Company are men of prominence in the 
commercial world and indeutitied with the interests of Salt 
Lake. The President, Mr. Geo. M. Scott, is one of the most 
active and enterprising of men — a man withal of the most 
sterling integrity, and personally popular. He is the present 
Mayor, having been selected as the standard bearer of the 
Liberal party, and a gentleman held in high public and social 
esteem by the people. 



" OUR FRITZ." 

It requires a variety of enterprises and different industries, 
to make up a metropolitan city, and nowhere on the face of the 
globe is this more thoroughly demonstrated, than in Salt Lake. 
Four years ago, an honest German, possessing all the natural 
characteristics of the thrift of his nation, landed in the city and 
immediately began to cast around for something to engage in 
that would not only be of pecuniary advantage to himself but 
also to supply a long-felt want. The name of this gentle- 
man is Fritz Kupen or as he is commonly known in Salt Lake 
" Onr Fritz." Twenty years ago Fritz left his native land aud 
emigrated to the United States, settling in Wyoming where 
he engage<l in the hotel business, in which he was very suc- 
cessful. Fritz however was of a roving disposition and in con- 
sequence of this he decided to view more of the wild and wooly 
West, (as the eaetern press has been in the habit of terming the 
Rocky Mountain Region), aud he therefore pulled up the tent 
pins of his hostelry aud on the wings of the iron horse flew 
towards the land of the Setting Sun, with the result that he 
alighted in Salt Lake and thankful that his lines has been cast 
in such a pleasant place. His establishment on Commercial 
avenue comprises a sample wine room and restaurant which is 
conducted upon the most approved plan of security, comfort 
and reasonable rates. Fritz is an ideal landlord aud to this 
end has fitted up as an auxiliary to his house, a Ladies' dining 
and wine room, where the fair se.x can he refreshed with the 
substantials and luxuries of life free from the gaze of the 
sterner sex. This department of his establishment is conducted 
in tirst-class style, and k strictly in accordance with the rules 
of propriety that govern the entire business. In the transac- 
tion of his vast patronage, " Fritz " employs twelve assistants, 
and does an annual business of .Sfi<l,00n. He thoroughly 
understands the art of catering to the public, and is highly 
deserving of the popular esteem in which he is regarded by all 
who have patronized his house. 



MASON & CO. 

Any thing that pertains to the building interests are necces- 
sarily potent factors in the growth and prosperity of any com- 
munity and well worth being mentioned at cuusiderable length 
in a work of this character. The enterprise that heads this 
article is one of the largest of its nature in the western country. 
It is an incorporated institution and carries an average stock 
of from iS;85,n(X) to S90,nOU. The company was originally 
founded in 1878 by H. P. Mason, who is the Manager and 
Treasurer of the industry. The other ofticere are Boyd Park, 
President; Frank L. King, Secretary. The business of the 
company is that of wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, 
doors, windows, blinds, glass, nails, rustic ceiling T and G 
flooring, laths, shingles. East lake doors and finish, cherry, 
black walnut, butternut, birdseye maple and sycamore. They 
also saw and dress lumber to order, aud carry on an Immense 
business in the line of goods enumerated. The office and yards 
on Temple street cover an area of 120 rods. They also have 
a large planing mill withauother lumber yard connected there- 
with near the union depot where a .50-horse power engine 
furnishes the motive power for running the improved modern 
machinery with which the mill is supplied. The entire busi- 
ness of the company necessitates the employment of forty 
assistants and a consequent large pay-roll annually. Their 
trade covers and extends over tlie states and territories of 
Utah, Idaho, Wyoming aud Nevada aud reaches the enormous 
sum of $4.'5O,0OO annually. The active members of the firm are 
Messrs. Mason & E^ing who are satisfied that they are conduct- 
ing one of the heaviest industries of the Territory, aud one that 
is of great value in the opening and developing of the territor- 
ial rescources. It is just such enterprises as these that are 
worth in the expanding, and aiding in the material growth 
of the city, more than can be computed in round dollars and 
cents and the city and Territory generally are to congratulated 
on the acquisition of such a valuable plant and extension 
iadustrv. 



WILLIAM ASPER & CO. 

The lumber business is one of the many industries that con- 
tribute in no small degree to the prosperity and welfare of 
any city, and especially is this case in Salt Lake where so 
many public and private buildiugs are constantly in process of 
erection. The firm that heads this article inaugurated their 
lumber enterprise only two years ago, but have been engaged 
in contracting aud building for thirteen years in the city, and 
have probably erected as many houses in Salt Lake as any set 
of men within her limits. It was this firm that executed the 
carpenter and wood work of Zion's Savings Bank building. 
Constitution building. Deaf and Mute Institute, the.luven- 
ile Instruction building, as well as many other promi- 
nent public and business structures and fine residences. 
They carry a large stock of lumber of all descriptions, 
including sash, doors, frames and building material gener- 
ally, and do an immense business. They sell lumber all 
over the Territory and have a large contract business in the 
city. They have a sash, door and frame factory located in a 
two-story brick structure .51x60 feet in dimensions at J.51 W. 
North Temple street, where skilled workmen are constantly 
turning out fiue work, with the aid of the most modern 
machinery. Their yards occupy a space of 5x20 rods, with an 
entrance to the same of three to six rods. They employ from 
forty to fifty men in their va.st business and their pay-roll is in 
consequence one of large dimensions. The factory has a 
splendid reputation for the excellence of the work turned out, 
aud a great demand for its material is the result. The firm 
consists of William Asper and William and Mathew Noald, all 
prominent and well known citizens of the city. Mr, Asper 
hails from Pennsylvania but has resided here for twenty-five 
years. The Messrs. Noald are natives to the manor born and 
fully identified with all the interests of Utah. The gentlemen 
are all comparatively young and possess all those keen, resolute 
business qualifications that stamp the successful commercial 
man of the period. They have an unblemished reputation for 
honesty and fair dealing, and are highly esteemed by all who 
know them. 



HARDY, YOUNG & CO 

One of the great institutions in every city is the general 
merchants' store where all and sundry of the necessaries, con- 
veniences and comforts of life, are to be had under the same 
roof. Indeed, measured by the proportion of the population 
which it reaches, and whose wants are supplied from its varied 
stock, one might say without fear of successful contradiction, 
that the store where general merchandise is sold, "Leads them 
all." Certaiuly no other Viranch of basiness has so many or so 
constant patrons. Staples or articles of neoessity control the 
markets of the world, other commodities are merely auxiliar- 
ies, simply incidental, while the staples are the essentials. One 
of the most prominent firms engaged in this line of business in 
Salt Lake City is that of Hardy, Young & Co., at 28 and .30 
South Main St.. who started in the general merchandise busi- 
ness in 1880. The enterprise was first started by L. G. 'z O. H 
Hardy, l>ut there are now associated with these gentlemen. 
Messrs. Elias Morris and Alonzo Young, all of whom are na- 
tives of Utah, with the exception of Mr. Morris, who was born 
in Englaud but his been a resident of Salt Lake for a number 
of years. The firm carries a general stock of merchandise in: 
eluding a full line of dry goods, boots, shoes, and groceries, 
and its trade is chietty derived from the territory. The average 
amount of stock carried is .lfG.5,000 and an annual business of 
$80,000 is transacted. The firm occupies an elegant storeroom 
and basement in the new Constitution building and employ ten 
assistants. The store is centrally located, is large, commod- 
ious and well lighted and is neat and perfect in all its interior 
arrrngements. The basement is provided with cement floors, 
and is used for storing goods. 

The individual members of the firm are all prominent men 
in the commercial and social history of Utah. They are live 
business men, conducting their affairs on the most elevated 
plane of commercial honor and integrity, and are deservedly 
reckoned among the best representative business men of the 
whole community. Mr. L. G. Hardy is the present collector 
of Salt Lake City which position he has held for four years, 
with credit to himself and honor to the people who elected him. 
Mr. O. H. Hardy is a member of the city council, having been 
elected to that position at the last election, a good majority 
evidencing the popularity and esteem in which he is held by 
the people. 



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ROBERTS & 
NELDEN. 



From 11 (1 
source cau 
clearer, more 
comprehensive 
or more reliable 
knowledge o f 
the country's 
development he 
obtained than 
from the record 
of business 
tran s a c t i o n s 
aud successes. 
This is especi- 
ally true with 
regard to the 
West, and there 
are many illus- 
trations of this 
to be found in 
Salt Lake. The 
retail houses 
have contribu- 
ted much to- 
ward the pros- 
perity of this 
city, and among 
them there is 
none more 
prominent i u 
this respect 
than the house 
of Hoberls >t 
Xelden, whole- 
sale aud retail 
dealersin drugs. 
This enterprise 
was eslalilished 
about ISSy by 
Messrs. Roberts 
A: Xelden, the 
latter however 
purchasing the 
interests of the 
former in March 
18ill, though 
business is still 
continued un 
der the name of 
the ohl firm. 
This house car- 
ries a very large 
stock of drugs, 
chemicals etc., 
and transacts a 
heavy business, 
the trade, prin 
cipally whole- 
sale, being 
throughout 
Utah, Idaho. 
Montana, Wy- 
oming, Eastern 
Nevada and 
Western Color- 
ado, and footing 
up SliiiM"ii) an- 
nually. They 
occupy a large 
a n d commodi- 
ous three story 
a n d iiasemeut 

rear, brick building, together with a ware-house in 
tilled with one of the most extensive lines of drugs of 
purest nualities in the West. 

Mr. Xelden is a practical druggist of twenty-tive years experi- 
ence and has been a resident of Utah for twelve years. He 
devotes his personal attention to all the details of his immense 
business, and employs none but experienced and skillful phar- 
macists as assistants. lie is a native of Xew-lersey and for a 




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the 



number of years was engaged in business at Phillipsburgb in 
that State. He is an active enterprising man, of recognized 
commercial abilities; is broad and liberal in his transactions, 
and has the contidence of all with whom he does business. He 
is highly e.steemed in social circle!? and his facilities for iloing 
business as also his superior qnaltications for its management 
are unsurpassed, while his experience and businees sagacity 
oannot be excelled. 



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YOUNG BROS. COMPANY. 

Great improve- 
ments have of late 
years been made in 
tbe construction of 
musical i n s t r u - 
ments, superior 
art, skill and 
science, h a v i n g 
been brought to 
bear in their manu- 
facture. Salt Lake 
City is liberally 
supplied with es- 
tablishments tor 
the sale of musical 
instruments and 
other accessories 
ot harmony, i n - 
eluding the latest 
CHASE PIANOS. yocal and instru- 

mental arrangements In this connection, the attention ot readers 
is directed to the firm of Young Bros. Co., at No. 3S Main street. 
This house was originally established in 1880, by Royal B. and 
J. O.Young, and M. W. Pratt, under the name of Young Bros. In 
]88G, however, the firm was incorporated under the name of 
Youug Bros. Company, by Royal B. Youtig,Jos. O. Y'oung, M. 
W. Pratt, M. P. Young, E. Young, .1. F. Young and D. Youug. 
The company carries a large and varied stock of musical in- 
struments, of the best make and description, including the 
celebrated Chase Bros., Howard, and .Jacobs Bros, pianos; the 
Pacard and Cleugh, and the Warren make of organs. The 
Domestic and Wheeler ,\: Wilson sewing machines are kept 
in stock also. The company occupies two floors of a large and 
well arranged building; give employment to eight salesmen 
and assistants, and do a business annually increasing and ex- 
tending throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. The members 
of the company are natives of Utah, having been born in Salt 
Lake City, well known in tbe commercial community, enjoying 
an enviable reputation for fair dealing and strict integrity, and 
much esteemed in mercantile and social circles. 



PHIL. KLIPPLE. 

The value of manufactories, especially to inland cities, can- 
not be over-estimated. In fact, no town situated away from 
navigable streams can ever hope to attain commercial greatness 
except through the aid of manufacturing enterprises. They 
are essential and important auxiliaries to the prosperity and 
growth of any city, and without them a town will never rise be- 
yond the dignity and importance of a second or third-class 
city. Happily for Salt Lake she has, within her limits, a large 
number of manufacturing plants, which are potent factors in 
her remarkable growth and progressive advancement. Promi- 
nent among such industries is that ot Phil. Klipple, manufac 
turer and repairer of wagons, carriages and vehicles of all de- 
scriptions, located at Nos. 141 to 148 West Second South street. 
He also makes mining cars and safety hooks and carries on a 
general blacksmithing business. He has a large local trade 
and also receives many orders from adjacent towns and cities. 
His enterprise is located in a large two-story brick structure 
53x63 in dimensions, with an iron wing adjoining of three stories 
in height and 2.5x4 i feet in dimensions. He employs from 
fifteen to twenty hands and has a reputation for turning out 
some of the best and finest work in all the Territory. Mr. 
Klipple started his enterprise eight years ago and has been so 
successful that he contemplates in the near future the erection 
and operation of a plant that will be one of the largest of its 
character in the West. The industry he now presides over is 
essentially a home enterprise in every respect, and as such is 
receiving, and deserving of a most liberal patronage. Home 
plants should, above all others, be encouraged and supported, 
as every dollar, almost, expended with them is again placed in 
direct circulation among the merchants and business men.thuB 
keeping a large volume of money from being sent east. 

The owner and proprietor, of this plant, Mr. Klipple, 
is forty-one years of age and was born in Wisconsin 
and removed when very young with folks to California, 
and finally came to Utah in his early manhood eighteen 
years ago, settling in the beautiful and enterprising little 
town of Cerinne. In this place he resided some five or 
six years, where he was a prominent citizen and oflBcial. 
He was a member of the town council at Ceriune for several 
years, a position he filled with credit. He afterwards re- 



moved to this city where he has ever since resided. Mr. 
Klipple is an active, enterprising business man, thoroughly 
practical in all the details of his line, and fully identified with 
the interests of Utah and Salt Lake. He is a sociable and 
agreeable gentleman, and has the confidence and esteem of all 
who know him. 



CHUTE & HICKS. 

lu a review of the industries and 
enterprises of Salt Lake City, there 
are many branches of business that, 
while they are classified under no 
general head, yet are deserving ot 
mention from the fact they are im- 
portant factors in the material pros- 
perity of the city. The commission 
and brokerage business, in which 
Messrs. Chute & Hicks are en- 
gaged, is of this class of industries 
and plays an important part in the 
material growth and prosperity of 
the city. The gentlemen are also 
manufacturers agents for the cele- 
brated national cash register the 
sale of which has been almost un- 
precedented. The business was 
founded by James A. Chute and Wm. M. Hicks, and although 
confined to the Territory the transactions involve 84U,0UOper 
annum. Mr. .Tames A. Chute is 
a native of the Pine Tree State. 
and was educated in Xewbury- 
port, Mass., and has been a resi- 
dent of Salt Lake for the past 
five years. He came here from 
Lincoln, Nebraska, and has made 
an unexceptional record as abusi- 
ness man and social gentleman. 
Mr. W. M. Hicks has been a resident of Salt Lake tor about five 
years and in that time has developed business talents of a high 
order and is a valuable acquisition to the commercial interests 
of the city. The business that the gentlemen represent is an 
important one as regards the best interests of the city and Ter- 
ritory, and is largely instrumental in developing many of the 
prominent industries. 









W. H. H. SPAFFORD & CO. 

There are many large Real Estate, mine and property owners 
in Salt Lake City, that as enterprising men, are entitled to the 
high place they occupy in the esteem of their fellow citizens, 
on account of the work they have done toward advancing this 
City and Territory. Among those who occupy such a position 
there are none more deserving than the firm whose name 
appears at the head ot this sketch. 

The firm was established about two years ago. and is com- 
posed ot Hon. W. II. H. Spafford, and Mr. Chas. B. .Jack. The 
former is a Councilman of this City, and the latter a promiueot 
attorney. They have invested SIOO.OOO in their business and 
their trade extends throughout the entire City. County and 
Territory: while together with eastern capitalists they have 
large investments in mines throughout the southern part of the 
Territory and especially in Iron County where they have in one 
bed, fully 1,000,00(1 carloads of Magnetic Ore in eight, and in 
the same neighborhood they have a 70ft. vein of Red Hematite 
Ore which is used in the manufacture of Mineral paint. Mr. 
Spafford has travelled extensively through the Iron Ore pro- 
ducing countries, and says there is not a state or territory in 
the Union which produces Iron Ore equal in quality and quant- 
ity to Utah, and that as soon as the ore producing districts are 
supplied with some railroad facilities that there is no other 
country who can compete with the output of the Utah mines, 
and when this occurs, which will be ia the near future, there 
will be an investment of labor, a steady out-put of ore, and in 
return a stream of capital, pouring into the Territory. 




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p. W. MADSEN. 

Of successes in the business world earned by 
tlie exercise of sound judRment, thorough tact and 
indomitable energy, there is no more emiuent ex- 
ample in Salt Lake than I'. W. Madsen who is 
now at the head of one of the largest furniture 
establishments west of the Missouri liiver. The 
trade of this house of great magnitude has been 
built up within fifteen years. High commercial 
character, discriminating judgment and executive 
ability are possessed by Mr. Madsen in a marked 
degree, and coml)ined with a carefid consideration 
of the needs of the public, has made the establish- 
ment over which he presides a recognized synonym 
for all that is popular, progressive and honest. 
The house was established in 1877. He now owns 
and occupies a large three story and basement 
building, •t8.x20O feet; also utilizing premises 40x 
100 feet in the Hooper block for the purposes 
of a warehouse. lie carries an extensive line of 
Moquet, Velvet, Brussels and Ingrain cari)et8, 
aggregating thousands of dollars in value; also 
every description of furniture in all grades, which 
he sells at prices within the reach of the most 
modest of patrons. In the matter of curtains and 
draperies he carries a superb stock, and his varie- 
ties of wall paper embrace the latest and most 
fashionable patterns. The amount of capital in- 
vested is quoted at $10,00(1 and over. He employs 
thirteen assistants; does both a wholesale and 
retail trade locally and in all the towns and cities 
of the Territorv, the business annually amountf 
ing to 8120,000." 

In the employ of Mr. Madsen are M. P. Mad- 
sen, head clerk, and K. Miclielsen, head book- 
keeper, bright and active employes, most highly 
esteemed by their employer on account of their 
ability and commercial worth. Mr. Madseu was 
born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He settled in 
Salt Lake in 187.5, embarking in his present busi- 
ness two years later. He is one of the most prom- 
inent ami favoralily known men of the Territory, 
and hiis always participated in any worthy project 
formulated for the aiivancemeut of the mat<»ria" 
interests of the city. He is president of the Utah 
Stove & Hardware company; vice president of 
the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank; president 
of the Western Shoe & Dry Goods company, 
director in (irant Bros. Livery Co. and Heuetit 
Building society; also interested directly and in- 
directly in a number of other undertakings pro- 
motive of great good to the city. His honorable 
deportment in all the relations of life command 
the confidence and respect of all who know him 
His career furnishes one of the most noted ex- 
amples of success in the commercial history of 
Salt Lake, a .success, too, that is a triumphant 
demonstration of the opportunities offered by the 
city and Territory. 



THE HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY CROSS. 

This is one of Salt Ijake's grandest institutions. It is situ- 
ated on First S(mth between Tenth and Eleventh East streets. 
It is in charge of the Sister Superior. 

It was establishe<l in Oct. 187.''), under the supervision of the 
Right Hev. Bishop Scanlan. The present building which was 
erected for them was completed and occupied by them in 1882. 
The Sisters of the Holy Cross instituted this establishment and 
it is now managed by them. The hospital corps consists of 
Sister Superior, Managing Director; Drs. Fowler and Pinker 
ton, physicians and surgeons, assisted \>y Drs. Meechani and 
Meyer, as me(!ical staff. Sixteen Sisters of the Holy Cross, 
and five men as nurses, insuring moet skilled, kindly and 
effective service. Jlost of the patronage of this establishment 
comes from this Territory, though many patients come 




from the neighboring states. The ground occupied comprises 
10 acres. The main building is 80x16.5 feet and tour stories 
high constructed of brick and containing 3-1 private rotims and 
6 wards, 4 of these wards accommodate Ui patients each, the 
otlier two contain 5 beds each. Their office and operating 
rooms are complete and all the modern and most approved 
appliances, for comfort and convenience are found there. The 
private rooms are furnished elegantly and the larger ones have 
a cosy and handsome little parlor attached to them, which is a 
great thing for convalescents, or patients whose friends wish to 
spend some time with them. In fact this part of the hospital 
reminds one more of a first-class hotel than a public hospital. 
The institution can only take care of one hundred and fifty 
patients now but is to be greatly enlarged next year. These 
patient, toiling, holy, women are doing a great and noble work 
here, as elsewhere wherever they are, and many poor fellows 
from all over this country will rise up and call them bleesed. 



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ST. MARY'S ACADEMY. 

AmoDg the many educational establishments of Salt Lake 
City is St. Mary's Academy. Established in 187.5 and 
governed by a Lady Superior of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, 
owning for its parent the well-kuown St. Mary's Academy, of 
Notre Dame, Indiana, and is situated on First street West, be- 
tween First and Second South streets, thus being within an 
easy distance of the several railroad depots in the city. 

The buildings ot the academy are both large and commodious, 
and the sanitary arrangements perfect. They are ot brick 
2O0.xlO0 feet, the main building three stories and basement; the 



the same number of day pupils, making a total ot 300, with 
ample accomodations for more. 

These pupils are taught by a very efficient staff of teachers, 
twenty in all. The course of study embraces all branches 
necessary to constitute a first-class education; including 
algebra, geometry, atsronomy, philosophy, logic, rhetoric, 
history and general literature. Bookkeeping and general busi- 
ness transactions are especially attended to. Students are 
expected when they enter the academy to take the regular 
academic musical and art courses, unless otherwise provided 
for by their parents. French and German are taught by 




Photo by Shipler. 



ST. M.\RYS ACADEMY. 



others, two stories, the ceilings running from sixteen to 
thirteen and one-half feet. Every provision is made for the 
protection of the health of the inmates, a large infirmary being 
upon the grounds, in which the patients obtain the best of care 
and attention. The resources of this establishment, however, 
are but seldom called upon. Good, healthy and substantial food, 
well prepared and regularly served, together with such invigor- 
ating exercises as calisthenics, games and country walks, go 
very tar toward preserving, if indeed, not enforcing good 
health. The precautions taken against fire are admirable. 
There is also an outside stairway to secure safe exit in case of 
accident. 

The academy, as its name implies, is principally intended for 
the instruction of Roman Catholic pupils, but pupils of all other 
denominations are received and taken care of equally as well, 
there being at present in the academy about 150 boarders and 



Sisters, natives of France and Germany, respectively, and I he 
department of music is exceedingly well adapted. It is in a 
separate building provided with pianos, double action harp, 
organs and other instruments. Students in vocal music 
are also given careful attention. In the art school, pupils are 
afforded every opportunity for displaying their talents. 

Sewing, both plam and fancy, is also taught in the 
Academy, and a feature of the routine is the weekly com- 
petitive examination at which prizes and medals are awarded. 
There are also annual and semi-annual examinations and many 
means successfully employed to promote a spirit of application 
and healthy emulation. The institution contains an excellent 
library of well selected books, and other features of superior 
excellence. Pupils are received at any time during the year, 
their term commencing with the date of their entrance, and 
half fare permits are secured for pupils inside the Territory. 



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ALL HALLOW'S COLLEGE. 

Utah's educational institutions are by no means be- 
hind the times, young as the dev»>lopment in other 
branphes may be in the Territory. Prominent amoni; 
these is .Ml Hallow'p College, established in IfWti, by 
Bishop Scanjun, of the Diocese of Halt Lake, who, how- 
ever, transferred the school to the Society of the Marist 
Fathers in 18."9. It has a capacity of one hund- 
red boarders ; many day pupils can likewise be accom- 
modated. The college occupies a lot of ground .'ilxlHl 
feet iu ilimensions, the buiUhngbeing a four-story edifice 
constructed of brick, with ground for recreation over '1' " 
feet sciuare, well equipped witb gymnasium appliances. 
The institution is provided with a faculty of compc 
tent instructors, and pUices within easy reach of [lar- 
enta in Utah the means of furnishing their chiKiren 
with a thorough practical and classical education, while 
keeping them at liome: nor is the religiouselement essen- 
tial to a proper education lacking. The academic year, 
beginning on the first Monday in September and clos- 
ing abo\it .June 20, is divided into two terms, the latter 
term beginning iu February, and the various depart- 
ments are under the immediate supervision of the 
fathers. Terms are reasonable and the results highly 
satisfactory. For further particulars call or send for 
the annual catalogue of this college which contains full 
information regarduig the studies, general regulations, 
terms, outfits required, course, etc., pursued by the same. 




UINTAH HOTEL. 

There is no snrer index of the business of a city than the 
extent and character of its hotel accommodations. Estimating 
Salt Lake City upon this basis one can arrive at some correct 

idea of her growth and 
progress. One of these 
in the van of popularity 
is the Uintah, presided 
over by French & Sow- 
ers. The Uintah is con- 
duct' d on the Euro- 
I'can plan, one of the 
fi nest restaurants in the 
Territory being con- 
nected tlierewith. The 
premi^^es occupied con- 
sist of a handsome four 
story brick structure 
conveniently located, 
c<mlainiug tifly sleep- 
ing rooms, fnrnislied in 
the most elegant and 
recherche style, stip- 
plied with electric 
lights and all the mod- 
ern conveniences for 
_.^BEjii| ^^a^3.^ ^ f'p comfort of guests. 

llf SwlRI i lllUN ^KTM^" I'l^^ furnishings are en- 
IWTff"|ll'^ fflfllP!.™ wflljr tirely new, and one fea- 
st 'n '■' ' "^ =5. t/4,^) I \, ture tlial commends 
-*■■ -i^-v — _ — itself is the elegant 

suites of rooms p r o - 
Tided especially for the 
class of patronage to 
which it caters. The hotel is specially for families who prefer 
boarding to keeping house, and seven of the best families in 
the city are domiciled beneath its roof. 

Mr. E. E. French, one of the proprietors, was formerly a trav- 
eling man, representing a large house in St. Joseph, Missouri, 
for thirteen years. He is well kiiown to the traveling public, 
with whom he is a universal favorite. His partner, Mr. O. D. 
Sowers, is one of the oldest and most popular landlords in the 
west, being the former proprietor of the McClure House at 
Canon City, Colorado. Both gentlemen may be described as 
ideal " Mine host,' and will make the Uintah one of the most 
popular hosfelries in the west. The Uintah is located at ISlh 
and Commercial streets. 

SALT LAKE SOAP CO. 

Particularly deserving of favorable mention, not only for its 
enterprise, but also for the importance of the business in which 
it 18 engaged and for the volume of trade which it commands, is 
the large and enterprising soap manufacturing establishment 
of the .Salt Lake Soap (5)., the largest of the kind in the terri- 
tory. The enterprise was inangnrated a little over two years 




ALL If.KLLiTw'S ( ULLIOCK. 

ago, but so immediate was the recognition extended it by the 
public, and so rapid was the coDsequeut increase of its trade, 
that now the est iblishment is recognized as a representative 
concern all through the west, and enjoys a prominence shared 
by few, if any, of its kind in the country. The transactions 
show a uniform gain each year over those of the year previous, 
and iiinounts at present to .* 7.5,000 per annum, the trade cover- 
ing the territories of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. 
The manufactory is located in Xortli .Salt Lake in a two-story 
structure especially adapted for the business. The appliances, 
apparatus and machinery in nse are all of the latest and most 
improved pattern, and twelve hands are employed in the works. 
The company manufactnres the celebrated brands of " White 
Kose," "Olive Queen," "Nickle (Jus" and "Hard Water" 
soaps, and such favorites are these brands with the public, that 
nearly every grocery store iu the west handles the same. The 
factory turns out huge quantities daily and increased capacity 
will soon be necessary to supply the demand. The company 
is an incorporated one with W. H. Remington, president; Jno. 
II. White, vice-president; G. F. Culmer, treasurer; Ansel X. 
Badger, secretary and virtual manager of the business. All of 
the gentlemen are men of prominence in the city, thoroughly 
identified wiih the interests of Salt Lake and recognized as 
gentlemen of ability in the mercantile community. 



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THE INTER-MOUNTAIN ABSTRACT COMPANY. 

When an investor desires to put money in real estate there 
are two things to be considered. First, the money; second, be 
must be assured that the title to the property is perfect. I'he 
Inter- Mountain .\bstract Company, occupying rooms 5,5, ,5(5 and 
■57, Commercial Block, was formed in 18811, by J. T. Stringer, 
one of the best known business men in the city, and Mr. 
.\lterbury, for the protection of investors. Mr. Stringer is still 
connected with the firm in the capacity of president, with L. C. 
Crossman, vice president and manager, and .\..l. Van Anda, sec- 
retary and treasurer. All are gentlemen of business ability, 
experience and integrity, and the firm's approval of title isa 
guaranty of its condition for purposes of investment or pur- 
chase. They do an immense Imeiuess throughout Salt Lake 
City and county, as also in the Territory; employ three experts, 
and large force of clerks, and their dealings are characterized 
by promptness and reasonable charges. The individual mem- 
bers of this firm are too well known to need any special men- 
tion, but incidentally it may be said that Mr. Stringer is one of 
the foremost real estate men in Salt Lake City, while .Mr. 
("rossman, the vice president, is connected with a number of 
the leading financial institutions of the Territory, and Mr. \'an 
Anda, one of the beet known men of Utah, is also identified with 
the leading interests of the city and county. The firm, iu 
addition tti abstracts, do a general real estate business and en- 
joy a large clientage. They own and control several of the val- 
uable city additions, have plenty of acreage, and a large list of city 
properties, being also interested in mining, and possessing unsur- 
passed facilities for obtaining bargains in that line. .■\s a firm 
they are rated high, and have the reputation of doing everything 
on strictly business principles. 



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DAVID JAMES & CO. 

One bright example of 
marked and well merited suc- 
cess in any important line of 
business is furnished by the 
firm of David James & C'o., 
its name being a synonym 
throughout the Territory 
for reliability, thorough ac- 
quaintance with the busi- 
ness, and every quality cal- 
culated to commend it to 
public favor. 

The enterprise was 
founded in 1873 by David 
James and P. A. Mitchell. 
In 1876, Mr. James pur- 
chased the interest of Mitch- 
ell and was sole proprietor 
until 188i, when he ad- 

^^^ _^_ mitted as partners, D. W. 

'—== ■ -- -= amj H. O. James, and W. H. 

D. JAMES & CO. Schluter. In January. 1891, 

it was incorporated, with David James, President; 1). W. 
James, Vice-president, and Wm. H. Schluter, Secretary and 
Treasurer. The Board of Directory consists of David James, 
H. C. James, Wm. H. Schluter, D. W. James, William James, 
C. J. Higson and C. J. Dangerfield. The company carries an 
average stock of .'B.50,000, and the annual business transacted is 
of great magnitude. In addition to the business of plumbers, 
tinners, gas and steam fitters, the company is an importer and 
dealer in gas chandeliers, plumbing materials, pipe and fittings, 
hot water and steam heating supplies, tin and iron roofing, 
galvanized iron cornice, guttering, and rubber hose, being also 
agents for the celebrated Kumsey force and lift pumps, and 
make a specialty of dri^e well supplies. Special attention is 
also given to defective plumbing. The establishment is well 
located in a large two-story and basement building, at 67 S. 
Main street, and fifty-four hands are employed, making its 
pay roll one of the largest in the city, while the com- 
pany's trade extends throughout Utah and Idaho, 
aud is increasing in volume rapidly. The gentlemen com- 
prising the company are men of large and varied experience in 
the commercial world, largely identified with the interests of 
Utah, and among its most active, enterprising and brainy busi- 
ness men, of large social qualities and held in high regard and 
esteem by the many friends and acquaintances made during 
their long residence in Salt Lake City. Competent, reliable 
and trustworthy in all business matters, the enterprise is 
worthy of the large patronage it enjoys. 



GASSER & M'QUARRIE. 

Among the 
many establish- 
ments in this 
city that take 
the rank of lead- 
ers in their re- 
spective lines is 
the one whose 
name heads this 
article. They 
do a general liv- 
ery and feed bus- 
iness at 169 State 
street, and keep 
in their house a 
:;omplete and 
elegant line cf 
buggies, c a r - 
riages and fine driving hcisep, as well as gaited saddle animals. 
They also receive horses to board and take the best of care of 
them. The personnel of the firm, Messrs. G. (iaseer A- W. Mc- 
Quarrie, are keen, energetic business men, enjoying the confi- 
dence aud respect of the community, and have gained an en- 
viable standing in the world of trade and credit, a position only 
achieved on a basis of strict integrity aud honest reputation. 
They furnish the people of this vicinity with unexcelled livery 
accommodations, and are prepared to respond to calls at any 
hour of the day or night. They have an especially fine line of 
gentle horses tor ladies, as well as spirited animals for those 
who wish them. 





UTAH CRACKER FACTORY. 

In the history of all cities of any magnitude, the manufac- 
turing industries have formed an important factor in the 
development and prosperity of the same. In a review, there- 
fore, of any city a large share of attention should be paid to 
this branch of industry by historical writers. To this end, the 
editors of this work have devoted considerable time and space, 

believing that these institu- 
tions well merit such treat- 
ment. Among the many and 
numerous manufactories in 
Salt Lake City, the Utah 
Cracker P''actory takes a front 
rank, both as to the quality 
of goods turned out and in 
the volume of its business 
transactions. It commenced 
operations seventeen years 
ago, but in 1886 the plant 
was purchased by the pres- 
ent owners, Geo. Ilusler and 
Henry and W. li. Wallace, 
by whom it has since been 
operated. The premises oc- 
cupied comprise a large building, 41x16.5 feet in dimensions, 
fitted up with all the conveniences necessary for its work, and 
supplied with modern machinery of the most approved pattern. 
It has a capacity of thirty barrels per day, and employs fourteen 
men and eight women aud girls. The manufactures include all 
all kinds of cakes and crackers, the reputation of which for ex- 
cellence extends throughout Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, 
Colorado and Nevada, aud at the late Utah Territorial Fair 
these goods were awarded the highest premium for excel- 
lence and quality. A specialty is made of the celebrated '• Silver 
Brand" of crackers and biscuits, which are considered house- 
hold necessities in every place they have been introduced. 
.Vnother specialty is the system and style of packing goods, 
when requested Ijy patrons, in square, glass-front cans, nicely 
painted in different colors, or in handsome, oval plate glass 
front, beautifully japanned in colors and lettered. A large 
stock of glass show tops for cracker boxes is carried by the 
firm, which are desirable articles for the retailer to have, as 
they show off the goods to great advantage and at the same time 
keep them moist and fresh. Mr. Husler is a native of (iermany, 
but has resided in Salt Lake for twenty-nine years. The mem- 
bers of the Company are all prominent in the commercial and 
mercantile community of Utah and Salt Lake, and well and 
favorably known throughout the Territory. They have con- 
tributed largely of their time and means and been instrumental 
to a considerable extent in materially advancing the prosperity 
of the city. They are sociable and pleasant gentlemen in the 
walks of private life and number their friends by the hundred. 
The manager of the plant, Mr. Henry Wallace, is an able busi- 
ness man, and to his energy and discretion and fine commercial 
qualifications is due much the success that the factory has 
commanded. 



THE SECURITY ABSTRACT COMPANY. 

One of the leading and most thoroughly reliable firms 
enagaged in the real estate business is the Security .Abstract 
Company of Salt Lake City, occupying ollices in the Deseret 
National Bank building. The firm began operations in 1889, 
and conducts a general abstract business that to-day averages 
more than .S21),(J0O a year. The officers of the company are: 
F. S. Richards, president; Thos. G. Webber, vice-president, 
and J. C. Jenseu, secretary aud treasurer, prominent men of 
the city. President Richards held the position of Speaker of 
the last General Assembly of the Territorial Legislature. 
He is a lawyer, capitalist and man of large ability in 
the commercial and financial community. The directory con- 
sists of F. S. Richards, Thos. G. Webber, N. W. Clayton, Elias 
A. Smith, M. E. Cummings, Daniel Hamer, James H. Moyle, 
Chas. C. r.,ichaids aud A. W. Carlson. The secretary and 
treasurer, Mr. Jensen, has been engaged in the abstract busi- 
ness for a number of years, in which he acquired an experience 
admirably qualifying him for the duties of his responsible 
position." Steady application to business, thorough acquaint- 
ance with the city and county, and their complete line of 
abstract records, enable them to accommodate all applicants 
with promptness, reliability and at a moderate cost. The 
abstracts furnished are guaranteed and certified to as being 
correct iu every particular, and therefore to be relied upon in 
the purchasing of real estate. 



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SALT LAKE CITY BREWING CO. 

The great popularity of the aniber-huetl beverage of the 
" Faderland " among all classes aud nationalities, is the best 
evidence of its generous appreciation and its ability to fill the 
wants of the public for a health-giving and invigorating drink. 
In ( ierniany, where for centuries the knowledge and practice of 
lirevvintr beer has descended from generation to generation, it 
is held in the highest estimation by the people, and is regarded 
as an indispensable adjunct to the every day wants of all classes 
of society. Notwithstanding the fact that the first knowledge 
of the brewing of beer had its inception in the principalities of 
the old world, the honor of having perfected and improved its 
standard to the present high grade of excellence has been 



nesB air such as is seldom witnessed in the west. Tlie capacity 
of the plant is three hundred barrels per day, and the present 
amount of the annual business is 2."),llii0 barrels, the trade 
extending through Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. One 
of the two iee machines, of seventy ton cai)acity per twenty- 
four hours, is used for the special [)urpose of frosting the pipes 
in the cellar, thus keeping the same perfectly cool and the beer 
stowed in the cellars is in consequence kept almost to the freez- 
ing point. The plant also maniifacturis its own electric lights, 
every house on the premises being brilliantly illuminated by the 
powerful dynamos with which the same is supplied. The 
bottling works are contained in a huge two-story structure con- 
structed of rock and brick and supplied with all the conven- 
iences for the rapid facilitation of business. In this great 




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reserved to America. There are many mammoth brewing 
establishments throughout the country, but Salt Lake has one 
that is a pride to any city. We refer to the Salt Lake City 
Brewing t'ompany, the immense plant of which, at 471 to 481 
10th East street, was founded in 1H71, and incorporated July, 
1S,S4. The plant covers live acres of ground and consists of the 
main building, a substantial four-story brick and stone struc- 
ture, 10Sxl.')0 feet in dimensions, with a brew house 42x9H feet, 
two-stories and iron clad. The plant also embraces an ice 
house 2.0x80 feet, two-stories in height, and a barn S^ix.'iG feet, 
also two onehalf stories, with a capacity of stabling fifteen head 
of horses. The entire plant is run by a battery of powerful 
engines, aggregating one hundred hor.se-power capacity, while 
the neccessary appliances for conducting this mammoth indus- 
tery is of the most approved modern construction, and the 
entire establishment is a model of neatness, presenting a buei- 



enterprise there are employed thirty-five men, and a large pay- 
roll is the consequence. The institution is the largest of its 
kind in the 'I'erritory and is of great value ti the city from a 
commercial jioint of view. The ofTicers are : M. Cullen, presi- 
dent ; .Jacob Uloritz. vice-president, treasurerand general man- 
ager and Hol)ert .7. Deighton, secretary. They are all solid sub- 
stantial citizens of Salt I^ake and deeply interested in every 
thing that pertains to the welfare of the city aud Territory. 
They are men of wealth and influence and deserving of all the 
prosperity that can attend them. 

EMPIRE STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY. 

.\n enterprise, though of recent origin in Salt Lake, has 
already assumed unu.sual prominence in the general make-up 
of the commercial industries of the city. The Empire Steam 
Laundry, which heads this article, was formed by the selection 



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of Heury W. Doscher, president; Don Ferguson, vice-president; 
with H.V. Otto, secretary and treasurer, and does a large bus- 
iness. The establishment occupies a three-story building, 
25x101) feet in dimensions, fully and handsomely equipped, in 
which thirty or more assistants find employment, and by their 
exercise of care and skill, have extended the reputation of the 
enterprise for the excellence of work turned out, paymg special 
attention to hotel and restaurant supplies, of which they have 
a large patronage. The proprietors are natives of New York 
and Ohio, and possess not only thrift, push and euterpiise, but 
an intimate acquaintance with all the details of their line of 
business. They are recognized as enterprising and public 
spirited citizens of extended influence and high standing in the 
community. 



SORENSEN & CARLQUIST. 

A great commercial house doing business over an extended 
territory belongs quite as much to its thousands of patrons as 
to the city where it may chance to be located. The natural 
inference following the assumption is, that the patrons of the 
house which heads this article would like to know something 
of its history. It is surprising, even in the light of the rapid 

growth of Salt Lake and 
the development of its 
trade, that a house of so 
large interests and con- 
trolling so important and 
extended a trade, could 
have grown up within the 
comparative brief space 
of ten years, but such is 
the fact. The firm of 
Sorensen & Carlquist was 
founded in 1S81 by John 
P. Sorensen and C. A. 
Carlquist. They carry 
on a general furniture 
business, keeping in stock 
a fine line of carpets, cur- 
tains, spring beds, mir- 
rors, pictures, baby car- 
riages, and all other 
articles pertaining to a 
first-class furniture es- 




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tablishment. They occupy neat and commodious quarters at 
No. '2.5 West First South Street, their building being a three- 
story and basement structure, admirably arranged for the 
rapid transaction of the large business which the firm enjoys. 
They carry a complete 
stock and do an annual 
business of .■? 80,000, em- 
ploying twelve assistant.?, 
and consequently have a 
heavy pay roll, thereby 
furnishing many people 
with the means of sup- 
port. The trade of the 
firm extends throughout 
Utah and Idaho, and new 
fields will probably be 
entered in the near future. 
The house has had a 
remarkably successful 
career ever since its incep- 
tion, and is deservedly 
popular witlr the public. 
One reason for this is that 
the business is conducted 




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upon strictly legitimate commercial principles, and the pro- 
prietors are thoroughly experienced men in their line of busi- 
ness. They believe in the old motto of " live and let live," and, 
in consequence, put no fancy prices upon their goods. Mr. 
Sorensen is a native of Denmark, coming here from Australia 
twenty years ago. He is a man of excellent business talents, 
and is thoroughly practical in all his undertakings. He is a 
gentleman withal in all the essentials necessary in the success- 
ful conduct of busine.ss affairs, and is very greatly esteemed 
by a large number of personal friends. 

Mr. Carlquist was born in Sweden, but has been a resident 
of Salt Lake for fourteen years, and is a very able commercial 
man. He is regarded very highly in mercantile circles, and is 
a prominent man in all matters pertaining to the interests of 
Salt Lake. 



DUNFORD & ELLERBECK. 

The dental firm of Dunford & Ellerbeck is composed of A. 
B. Dunford and Geo. Ellerbeck, both of whom are thoroughly 
practical in all the details of the profession. Dr. Dunford is 
forty-two years of age, a native of England, and for over a cjuar- 
ter of a century has practiced dentistry in Salt Lake 
City. He is in fact the pioneer dentist of Salt Lake, 
having crossed the plains with his porents to this city 
in 1856, returning the year following to St. Louis, 
where be remained until 186-1, when he again came to Salt 
Lake, and where he has since resided. The doctor is largely 
interested in enterprises that go to make up the substantial 
growth and prosperity of the city, and a large owner of im- 
proved and unimproved city and country properties. 

Dr. Geo. Ellerbeck, his partner, is a young man, twenty-four 
years of age and a native of Salt Lake. He graduated at the 
Philadelphia Dental College, with the honors of his class, 
and has been in active practice tor eight years. He is a 
well-known member of the Phcenix Club of Salt Lake, largely 
interested in her realty, and also has valuable interests in the 
Deep Creek mines. 

In the transaction of the large business naturally accruing 
to so popular a firm, the employment of assistance is necessary. 
Drs. H. W. Richards and Thatcher, officiate in that capacity, 
and are invaluable on account of their skill and knowledge of 
the business. 

The firm is among the best in the West. They occupy three 
rooms fitted up with all the modern appliances for the speedy 
transaction of business, but as rapid increase of patronage 
necessitates more and commodious quarters, the firm will in the 
near future move into the new McCornick block, corner First 
South and Main streets, where all the necessary conveniences 
incident to the business can be secured. 



SELLS & COMPANY. 

Among the business establishments which have done much 
to advance the material wealth, the prosperity and repu- 
tation of Salt Lake, and which, therefore, are eminently deserv- 
ing of particular mention in a work of this character, few stand 
higher than that of Sells A: Co., wholesale and retail dealers in 
all kinds of lumber, with office and yards at 150 and 15'2 W. Firet 
street. The enterprise was started in 1881 by Hon. Elijah Sells, 
who was formerly connected with the firm of Mason & Sells. 
Subsequently Mr. Tucker was taken into the firm. The office 
of the company is a commodious structure, 48x100 feet in 
dimensions, while the yards cover a space of thirty rods 
square. They carry a stock ranging from §2.5,000 to 8.^0,000, 
composing cedar, redwood, pine, shingles, doors, blinds, mould- 
ings, T. & G. flooring, rustic siding, laths and windows. They 
employ eight men and do an annual business of $75,000. The 
individual members of the firm are James Tucker, H. M. Sells 
and Elijah Sells. Tbe latter, Hon. Elijah Sells, is Secretary of 
the Territory and one of the most popular men in the entire 
West. Mr. Tuckei is a heavy capitalist, and largely interested 
in cattle, saw-mills, stores and mines throughout the Territory. 
Mr. A.Johnson, the foreman, is a practical man in the business, 
andafaithful and iudustriousemploye. The general character- 
istics of this establishment for financial solvency and a thor- 
ough conception of the business in which the firm is engaged, 
together with a high standard of commercial honor, would 
reflect credit upon any community, and makes the untar- 
nished record of over thirteen years a source of private and 
public satisfaction. 



DR. 0. E. TOLHURST. 

In the human anatomy there are no parts of it which give 
greater comfort or cause more inconvenience and pain than the 
teeth. Every person's teeth should have constant attention, not 
only by those claiming to be dentists, but by those known to be 
accomplished and who enjoy the confidence of the public. Such 
a gentleman is Dr. C. E. Tolhurst. He is a native of Ohio, a 
graduate of the Western Den tial College of .St. Louis. Missouri, 
and first began the practice of his profession in 1878, remain- 
ing thus occupied in St. Louis for about five years, thence 
removing to Salt Lake about 1883. He was Secretary of the 
St. Louis Dental Society, and is a member and one of the 
ablest officials in the Dental Society of Salt Lake. He is 
active in politics, and has been successful in his practice in 
Salt Lake, due absolutely to his professional skill and also to 
his excellent qualities as a social factor. 



S. D. EVANS. 



ARBOGAST CONFECTIONERY COMPANY. 




S. I). Evans, undertaker 
Huil eiiilialmer, owes his suc- 
oes.s in business <iuite as mucli 
to his estimable character, re- 
fineii nature and the court- 
eous deportment of his man- 
ners, as to the more com- 
monly accepted business 
qualities supposed to assure 
success in life. His line of 
metallic caskets, burial 
cases, and rates are selected 
with sreat care, and are 
among the largest and most 
complete of any similar 
house in the country. He 
oc(^upie8 two lloors of a com- 
modious t)uildint,' at '21J 
State street and employs two 
assistants. Tlu're is prob- 
al)ly no undertaker of the 
present day that would have 
the audacity to ask the pat- 
ronage of the piiblic without 
thoroughly uuderstauding the art of embalming. In this Mr. 
Kvans. having availed himself of every advantage in the acqui- 
sition (it this diliicult science, is prepared to furnish the bene- 
fits of his skill with the assurance of the same being satisfact- 
ory in every respect. He is a graduate of the United States 
college of embalming of Xew York City, the most modern and 
thorough institutiou of its character iu the United States, and 
the only undertaker iu the city who has attended a regular 
college, or can exhibit his diploma in proof thereof. Ills 
hearses are among the finest in Salt Lake and his assistants 
are all trained men. .Altogether, Mr. Evans may be said to be, 
by character, attainiuents, and in his well-ordered establish- 
ment, exceptionally well calculated to serve the pulilic in the 
line he has chosen. 



M. R. EVANS. 

Salt Like City shows numerous instances of suceessful 
men because of their enterprising and progressive mercantile 
ability. Prominent among these and worthy of special mention, 
is the house of M. K. Evans, dealers in guns, sporting goods, 
etc. Mr. Evans established himself in business here several 
years ago, and has thriven in a remarkable manner; iu fact to 
such an extent as to rank him among the foremost merchants 
in his Hue in the Territory. He carries a very large Hue of tine 
goods, of superior make and nuality, consisting of guns, pistols, 
ammunition, fishing tackle, sporting goods, cutlery and notions, 
ealigraph writing machines, paper, ribbons and carbons; also 
handhng cigars and tobaccos of the best brands. The estab- 
lishment occupies commodious and comfortable quarters, em- 
ploys a number of assistants, and is in the receipt of a most 
liealthy and continuous trade. Mr. Evans is a Xew Yorker by 
birth, init has resided iu Utah for twenty years and is favorably 
known throughout the territory; is one of the most enterprising 
citizens, with a thorough practical knowledge and experience, 
coupled with energy and legitimate business principles, a com- 
bination that has gained for him an honorable position among 
the mercantile and commercial men throughout the entire 
West. 



DR. J. B. KEYSOR. 

Dr. .T. B. Keysor, whose operating parlors occupy suites two 
and three, .\uerbach building, enjoys a widespread and invalu- 
al)le reputation in the line of dentistry, both for his professional 
achievements and his personal worth. He is a native of Utah, 
aud. upon the completicm of his collegiate career, began a 
study of the art iu which he has since become an accomplished 
master. V[e makes a specialty of tilling, the designing and 
fitting of false teeth and othe"- features of the science, and now 
enjoys a practice so large and constantly increasing in extent 
aud importance, as to necessitate the employment of skilled 
and experienced assistants in his management. Ladies and 
gentlemen in need of the services of an expert and conscien- 
tious practitioner are recommended to advise with Dr. Keysor. 
His charges are as reasonable as they can be made consistent 
with first-class work, and his work is always of the very best 
character and description. 



The .Vrbogast Confectionery Company, started in 1S73 for 
the manufacture of ice-cream and confections, has been a suc- 
cess from its inception, the business increasing so rapidly that 
iu the beginning of 18!)1, it was deemed to incorporate the 
same, with (ieorge .Vrbogast, President and Treasurer; and 
L. L. Baumgarten, Secretary. The company has a large and 
ample capital with which to carry on its vast and extensive 
operations, and employs the same to the fullest advantage. 

In connection with the main ollice, at 108 Main street, the 
company has a large and commoilious ice-cream parlor, occu- 
pying two floors, the first being used for the serving of the 
delicacy and confections to the numerous customers; the sec- 
ond floor as a dining ordinary. lioth are fitted up in modern 
style, with elegant furniture and draperies, where one can 
enjoy a delicious plate of ice-cream and other delicacies amid 
pleasant surroundings. The factory, situated at 48 Kast First 
South St., is a two story and basement building, 2iixlU(l feet di- 




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mensions. The basement is used as the location of the bake 
ovens, where the fancy cakes are made; also as an engine 
and boiler room, aud for the manufacture of candy. On the 
first floor is an ice-cream and cotfee parlor, elegantly fitted up, 
a novel feature being the Dayton fan, pendant from the ceil- 
ing, driven by electricity. When in motion the room is 
kept perfectly cool and otherwise insuring comfort to pat- 
rons. The second story is devoted entirely to the manufact- 
ure of candy. The enterprise employs twenty-five people, and 
the monthly pay-roll is one of the largest in the city. The 
firm does a large annual trade, sending goods to Idaho, Colo- 
rado and Wyoming, in addition to its equally large local trade. 
Mr. .Vrbogast is a native of Massachusetts, having been born 
iu Boston, but has resided iu Salt Lake City for twenty-one 
years; is thoroughly identified with the best interests of his 
adopted home, aud is ever ready to do anything in his power 
to advance its welfare. He is one of the best known men in 
and <mt of business circles, and under such favorable auspices 
as he now enjoys, a brilliant commercial future is predicted 
for him. He is the owner of a ranch seven miles from the city, 
on the road to Ogden, consisting of 1-0 acres, which he is pre- 
paring to use for purposes of a vineyard, being satisfied 
that Utah can raise as many pounds of grapes to the acre as Cali- 
fornia and of a superior flavor. Mr. .Vrbogast has done more to 
build up Salt Lake, according to his means, than any man 
within her limits, and is in all respects an active, enterprising 
" hustler," who believes in making hay while the sun shines. 
He is, in short, a man in every respect entitled to, and com- 
mands the admiration of the men who love to see pluck aud en- 
terprise meet its just reward. 



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HAPPY HOUR DENTAL PARLORS. 

Among the first-class dental establishments in Salt Lake 
City where the publiccan be assured of good work, is the Happy 
Hour Dental Parlors at No. 212* State Street. They are under 
the management of Dr. M. N. Buck, who is a native of Mich- 
igan, forty-five years of age, and who has been seventeen years 
in active practice. He first located in Charles City, Iowa, 
thence removing to Kansas, whence after remaining some time 
he decided to settle in Salt Lake City. In his practice Dr. 
Buck is ably assisted by his wife and Miss Nettie Weaverling, 
both of whom are not only thorough adepts in the profession, 
but are among the limited number of lady practitioners under- 
standing the details of the art. Mrs. Buck is a native of Wis- 
consin. She began the practice in Kansas ten \ ears ago, and is 
regarded as a skillful and experienced operator. Miss Weav- 
erling also began her practical experience in dentistry in 
Kansas about the same time, and is very proficient in the 
iu the business. She is a native of the State of Pennsylvania. 
The Doctor also has an able and valuable assistant in the person 
of D. R. Romani, of the city laboratory operated in connection 
with the parlors, and although a separate institution is of well- 
known importance. Dr. Romami is a native of Ohio, and has 
been practicing dentistry for the past fifteen years. About one 
year ago he located his laboratory in this city, and employs an 
able corps of assistants. He makes a specialty of crown and 
bridge work, and directs the only industry of its kind between 
Chicago and San Francisco. 

Among the successful operations practiced at these parlors 
is that known to the profession as "Implantation," otherwise 
replacement of a tooth, one of the most difficult operations 
known to modern dentistry. Dr. Buck has built up a large 
patronage. The parlors are deserving of all that can be said of 
them, and the efficiency of the work is beyond question. 



ELIAS MORRIS. 

In the advantages possessed by a city, there are certainly 
none of more importance than establishments connected 
with the building interests. In this line of manufac- 
ture, Blr. Elias Morris has no superior, as his yards 
turn out a quality of fire brick that cannot be excelled. 
He started his enterprise in 1869 and has built up a very 
large and successful business. In addition to the manu- 
facture of fire brick, abestine stone and water pipes are in- 
cluded in the output of the plant, in large quantities. Mr. 



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Morris is also a heavy dealer in Portland cement, mantels, 
grates and monumental work, which can be seen at his large 
and commodious store room, No. 21 and 23 West South 
Temple street. The brick yards are located in the southern 
part of, the city, where about 400,000 fire brick and large 



quantities of abestine stone and water pipes are annually 
manufactured. 

Mr. Morris has resided in Salt Lake for forty years and is 
widely known all over the Territory. He is a thorough busi- 
ness man, fully alive to the interests of the city, and aids all in 
his power to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the 
same. He is a man of spotless integrity, a cultured gentleman, 
and has been a member of the city council, where he served 
the people as a faithful, honest and conscientious ofiicial. 



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ARNOLD GIAUQUE. 



He is the possessor of a patent for a new pattern of mosaic, 
tile for flooring public buildings, wainscoting and ceilings 
etc., of which a fine line of goods are carried in stock. Under 
his able management the enterprise enjoys a trade that is 
annually increasing. In addition to the above he is the owner 
and proprietor of the Pioneer Patent Roller Mills, which have 
a reputation all over the Territory for the excellence of their 
flour, and as an institution that has aided very largely in develop- 
ing the wonderful resources of Utah. The manager for Mr. 
Morris, .Vrnold ( iiauque by name, has been iu the former's em- 
ploy for more than twenty years, and is a practical man in all 
the details of his business. Mr. Morris employs a large force 
of experienced hands in his several lines of production and 
pays a correspondingly large sum in wages each year. Mr. 
Morris is also one of the promoters of the sugar factory at 
Lehi and is doing much to foster that most valuable industry 
in that Territory. 



W. J. HARVEY & CO. 

The banking firm of W. .T. Harvey & Co., composed of 
W. J. Harvey and Dewitt B. Lowe was organized for the 
purpose of doing a general business iu real estate, mines, 
securities, banking and investment, with its office in the Knuts- 
ford Hotel. The gentlemen are supplied with ample capital 
and make a specialty of represeuting the investment of East- 
ern capital in Utah. The company occupies large and com- 
modious quarters as above designated, where every facility and 
all possible information regarding the business they represent, is 
afforded. Mr. Harvey was for a number of years, manager 
and trust officer of the Salt Lake Abstract Title (Uiarantee 
and Trust Company, and Mr. Lowe has been engaged in the 
real estate business in Salt Lake City for a number of years 
past. Both are gentlemen of much tincianeial ability, and 
eminent social qualifications, and though the firm has only been 
in existence but a comparative brief period it has built up an 
immense business. Possessing enviable qualities and neces- 
sary attributes, the gentlemen composing the firm are bound to 
attain a high rank in commercial and financial circles. 




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THE McKINNON HORSE COLLAR MANU- 
FACTURING COMPANY. 

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within the 
last twelve 
mouths has 
aililed to its 
long listof eii- 
terprisinf; cit- 
izens a num- 
l)er of busi- 
u e s 8 men 
whose acqui- 
sition is a 
credit to any 
comraiini ty- 
These are of 
the people 
[■tf that give tlie 
i npbuihliug of 
— a city sub- 

stantial sup- 
port, anil make desirable citizens. Asatitting illustration of the 
foregoing sentiment, the proprietor of the McKiunon Horse 
Collar Manufacturing Co., of this city, may be cited. The 
company was organized in April. 18'J1, by M. 1). McKinnon, a 
man thoroughly experienced in the manufacturing of horse 
collars, having been in the business over twenty-five years. 
He oame to Salt Lake City from San Francisco, where he had 
charge at different times of the L. 1). Stone A- Co. manufactur- 
ing works, and Hart Saddlery Co., the latter being the largest 
and oldest estaljlished concern of the kind on the Pacific 
coast. 

The company's headiiuarters are located at Xo. 311 West 
Second street, occupying a large two-story brick building 24x.50 
feet in dimensions, and the grades of goods turned out are 
superior to anything of the kind in this part of the cotintry. 

The first story of the factory building is occupied exclus- 
ively by the collar manufacturing department. The second 
story is devoted to the manufacture of sweat-pads and is quite 
an important part of the business. This department ak)ne 
gives employment to fifteen girls, and twenty-five horse collar 
hands, whose combined work resolves the establishment 
into a hive of industry. Mr. ]\IcKinnon came to Salt Lake 
City fully determined to take the lead in supplying the trade 
in his special line of business, and the active manner in which 
he has applied himself to his work, has caught the good will of 
the public, who are in turn showing their appreciation of a 
superior article by liberal patronage. 



DR. 0. A. FOLLETT. 

During recent years the various professional lines in Salt 
Lake City have received frequent additions, and no other one 
line has this fact become more noticeable than in that of 
Dentistry. Among those who have located in Salt Lake City 
in the practice of that profession no one has attained to more 
prominence, nor secured a more generous share of the public 
patronage tliau Dr. Follett. He is a native of Minnesota, and has 
been practicing tor about eight years with gratifying success, 
the unvarying reward of a complete knowledge of his profes- 
sion and diligence in securing its promotion. He first began to 
practice at San .lose, C'al., where he remained about six years. 
Prompted, however, by the reports of business, beautiful climate, 
and wonderful advantages possessed by Salt Lake City and 
T'tah, he decided to remove hither. After a careful inspec- 
tion of the advantages offered elsewhere he located in Salt Lake 
City early in January, 18i)], opening an ofKceat .'55! East Second 
Street South. Soon afterward he was joined by his family, and 
has since resided here, annually extending his tield of labor and 
annually growing more and more enthusiastic regarding the 
resources and advantages of the City and Territory. 



WALLACE & CO. 

It is conceded by everyone who has ever visited Salt Lake 
that the city can justly lay claim to some of the largest and 
beet equipped merchant tailoring houses in the country. 
Among these the Hrm of Wallace & Co. occupies a position of 
prominence second to none in the country. The business was 
established by Mr. Uob't Wallace in 1890, and the success at- 
tained has been of a most pleasing character, both in a finan- 
cial and fashionable point of view. He baa been connected 



with the fine tailoring trade of the east for a great many years 
and understands the business thoroughly, employing a cutter 
of marked ability and the best skilled workmen only, in his es- 
tablishment, of whom he has fifty constantly at work. His 
stock of goods is of the finest description and best grades, being 
a large importer and handling this character of goods only. 
He guarantees to give perfect satisfaction, and from the large 
trade that he now enjoys, which is constantly increasing, there 
is no doubt but that he succeeds to !in unlimited extent. 
Mr. Wallace is a native of Canada, where he learned his trade. 
He is an excellent business man, a gentleman of high social 
(lualities and greatly esteemed by all who have the pleasure of 
his acquaintance. 

McCORNICK & CO. 

One of the strongest and most prosperous private banks in 
the west, holding a high position in financial circles, and in the 
confidence of the pubHc, exercising a wholesome and valuable 
influence in all departments of business, and performing most 
useful and inportant functions in all matters of finance, is that 
of McCornick & Co. private bankers, founded in ISi:} by W. 
S. McCornick. The company is largely engaged in all trans- 
actions appertaining to a general banking business, such as 
discounts, deposits, loans, collections, the purchase and sale of 
domestic and foreign exchange, ores and bullions, and its busi- 
ness extends over all the civilized world. The bank has com- 




\V. S. McCUliNK K, ruEs. McCorsick B.^nkino Co. 

fortable quarters, the property of the company, employs a force 
of eleven assistants and the volume of its business is increasing 
so rapidly that they are now erecting one of the finest office 
buildings west of the Uocky Mountains, which the firm expect 
to occupy early next year. 

The long residence of Mr. McCornick in Salt Lake, and his 
successful financial career, together with his high character as 
an experienced financier at the head of the institution, com- 
mands the confidence of the public to snch an extent as to 
iuclu<le as clients of the bank, some of the heaviest firms in 
Salt Lake C'ity. Of his enterprise it is not necessary for ns to 
speak, as he is so well and most favorably known and spoken of 
throughout financial circles, and has been, and still is practi- 
cally identified with the best interests of the city of his adop- 
tion. 



FRED G. LYNGBERG. 

In a history of the growth and prosperity of Salt Lake City 
the retail grocery trade, mutt, in commercial aflaiis, always 
occupy a prominent position as a branch of mercantile pursuit, 
and contributes in no small degree to the commercial impor- 



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tance of the city. In couneotion with this liue of business the 
house of Fred G. Lyngberfj deserves especiai mention, not only 
on account of the age of the enterprise, but of its high stand- 
ing in the business community. It was founded by Mr. Lyng- 
berg in 1873. and by a systematic course of honorable and fair 
dealings with the public, he is now in the enjoyment of an 
extensive — profitable trade. He occupies a commodious and 
conYenieutly arranged two-story building at 56 East First 
Street South, equipped with all modern facilities, including 
telephone service, and carries a large stock of staple and fancy 
groceries. He also handles a most desirable line of fruits, veg- 
etables etc., and game, ti.sh and oysters in season. He supplies 
many of the leading families of the city, and has a very exten- 
sive and liberal patronage. Mr. Lyngberg is au "old timer" of 
Utah, having resided here for thirty years, and is consequently 
well known throughout the Territory, having formerly been 
engaged in the mining busines. He is an honorable, straight- 
forward business man, of recognized commercial abilities, and 
a pleasant and agreeable gentleman in both the business and 
social spheres of life. 



EXCELSIOR BAKERY. 

A well regulated bakery is a desirable industry to have in 
any community. In fact it is one of those indispensable enter- 
prises of public necessity. The people must have bread, and 
when they can get a good wholesome article without the 
trouble of preparing it themselves they are fortunate indeed. 
Among the establishments of Salt Lake that makes a feature 
of superior skill in this line the Excelsior Bakery takes the 
lead. It was founded eighteen years ago by Mr. Edward 
Scrace, and has always been a favorite with the public of Salt 
Lake. The manufacturer makes bread, cakes, and crackers, 
carrying also a full line of can goods, teas, coffees, nuts, bot- 
tled champagne cider, candies, soda water and root beer. The 
industry occupies a commodious two-story building, at No, 10 
Main street, emplovs five operators and assistants, carries a 
large stock and does an extensive local business. Mr. Soraee 
is a native of England and learned his trade in Xew York City, 
many years ago. lie has been a resident of Utah for thirty 
years, is a thoroughly practical man in his line, and fully iden- 
tified with the best interests of Salt Lake. 



UTAH BOOK AND STATIONERY COMPANY. 

Such enterprise as characterizes some of the business 
houses of the city of Salt Lake is not exceeded by those of any 
other city in the Union. Conspicuous among these public 
spirited and enterprising firms, whose efforts to secure and 
retain trade have been rewarded by gratifying success, may be 
mentioned the Utah Book and Stationery Company, and under 
that name incorporated, with D. M. McAllister, president; 
Hon. S. F. Richards, vice-president, and J. L. Perkes, secretary 
and treasurer. The directory board comprises Hon. Elias A. 
Smith, .T. L. Barrows. ]). W. and G. S. McAllister, natives of 
Utah, with the exception of the president, who was born in 
Scotland, but has resided in Salt Lake for twenty-eight years. 
The establishment carries a large and varied stock of looks, 
stationery, periodicals, toys, dolls, novelties, for schools, 
students, architects, and type-writers. Globe filing cabinets, 
Mormon church works, albums and school books. The cor- 
poration occupy a large and commodious salesroom at 72 Main 
street, employing ten assistants, and do a business extending 
throughout Utah and a portion of Idaho, the annual sales 
amounting to between 86U,OU0 and 875,0Ctl. The firm is con- 
sidered one of the most reliable and solvent in the country, its 
officers and directors being well known in the commercial and 
professional circles of the Territory. 



DR. HECTOR GRISWOLD. 

Dr. Hector Griswold, one of the leading dentists of Salt 
Lake City, highly merits the high class of patronage he receives' 
He is a native of Wisconsin and during his professional career, 
extending over a period of 15 years, has demonstrated fully his 
claims to the confidence reposed in his ability by a constantly 
increasing clientele. He first studied medicine after leaving 
College, but scon toc\ a fancy to dentistry and devoted his 
energies In that direction. Upon receiving his diploma he 
located at St. Paul, where he met with gratifying success. The 
Inhospitable climate of that eect'on, however, persuaded him to 
remove elsewhere, and he finally decided to locate in this city. 
He took up his residence 3i years ago, and has since identified 



himself with Salt Lake City and Utah Territory including 
among his patrons and friends the best people, among whom 
himself and wife are esteemed as a valuable acquisition to the 
society of Zion. He makes a specialty of dentistry in all its 
branches, and his work is of a superior order, always giving 
satisfaction. 




SHERLOCK KNITTING CO. 

Improved facilities are the true indices of progress, and the 
most intelligent manifestation of the onward march of civiliza- 
tion. Evidences of enterprise by a com- 
munity in projecting modern improve- 
ments, and carrying them out, are the best 
criterions by which to estimate the enter- 
prise of its citizens and their appreciation 
of the modern ideas of progress. The in- 
stitution whose name appears at the head 
of this sketch is located at 25 W. First 
South Street, and is of the character just 
enumerated and one of the most enterpris- 
ing of its kind in the Territory. It was 
founded in 1875, by Geo. A. Luke, who 
was succeeded by Jno. E. Sherlock the present 
proprietor, in 1886. The plant has twenty ma- 
chines, with a capacity of twenty dozen hosiery 
daily. Sixteen experienced hands are employed 
and the annual business transacted reaches the 

neat sum of from .? 1.5,000 to S20,0U(I. The estab- 

lishment occupies a commodious three-story building, conven- 
iently fitted up for the immense business of the same, and manu- 
factures a complete line of ladies', gents' and children's hosiery, 
in silk, wool and cotton. All of the goods are made of the best 
yarns and are far superior to any goods of this character in the 
market. They are guaranteed to be equal to hand knitting, and 
for wearing qualities, they have no equal, a trial of the same 
only being necessary to a conviction of thisfact. The company 
also manufactures a full line of ladies' hand crochet skirts, 
children's machine skirts, ladies' jackets, wool mitts, silk mit- 
tens, children's wool mitts, ladies' wool vests and pants, men's 
vests and pants, mitts and gloves, men's buckskin gloves, kid 
and dogskin gloves, ladies' and children's knit leggings, boys' 
wool mitts, silk and wool wristlets or cutt's. They also keep 
on hand a full line of yarns, consisting of imported and domes- 
tic Saxony, split zephyr, four-fold zephyr, eight-fold zejihyr, 
Angora, Saxony, (iermantown, Shetland wool, Shetland Hoes, 
Cierman knitting worsted, English fancy mixed, Spanish and 
Utah yarns of all grades and best makes, which the proprietor 
guarantees to sell cheaper than any house in the West. Mr. 
Sherlock is also agent for the celebrated Lamb family knitting 
machines, the only machine in the world that will knit all kinds 
and sizes of hosiery, mittens, gloves, etc. 

Mr. Sherlock is a native of Ohio, but has been a continuous 
resident of Utah since 1869. He is a civil and mechanical en- 
gineer by profession and for two years was chief engineer of 
the L'tah & Northern railroad. He is a nephew of Thos. Sher- 
lock, the great C>hio and Mississippi river steamboat owner, 
who is known the world over, and is justly proud of so distin- 
guished a relative. As a business man the career of Mr. Sher- 
lock needs no comment from the editor of this work. His 
abilities and untarnished reputation are widely known and rec- 
ognized. His works, enterprise and general usefulness speak 
for him in teims sufliciently strong and convincing, and entitle 
him to the fullest esteem and consideration of the communilv. 



UTAH NURSERY CO. 

One of the largest enterprises, involving theoutlayof a large 
capital, is that of the Utah Nursery Company, which carrifs on 
a general nursery businefs. They employ from fifteen to 
thirty men in their buBlness. at a monthly expense for wages 
of 83,000, and sell goods throughout Utah, Idaho, Montana, 
Wa.shlngton, Nevada and Colorado. The company was incor- 
porated in June, 1887, with a capital of S50,tlO(i. The present 
officers are: J. A. Goohue, President; P. II. Dix, Treasurer; 
W. V. Eberly, Secretary; and A. Van Meter and E. J. Harness, 
Directors, all men of prominence and influence in the city and 
territory, and whose enter prise is exerting a great influence upon 
the city's growth and development. Such enterprises, when so 
properly managed as the Utah Nursery Company is, in the com- 
mercial world a source of great financial tenefit to the projectors 
and the public. 




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M. HUSH WABNER, Manager. 

In the compilation of a work of this eliiiracter the insurance 
interests of Salt LnUe deserve considerable altentiou. Anions 
the many a;,'euts en^raged in such enterprises in Salt Lake, 
none are more deservins; of an extended notice in tlie i)af,'es of 
this work than jSIr. Unsh Warner, the general manaser for I'tah 
of the lOqnitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 
having his ottices in Progress liuildiut;. This agency was 
established in lH.sn, and in the two years that Mr. Warner, has 
been in control, has been remarkably successful. In 1890 Mr. 



manager of the (liinnison Improvement Company for three 
years, in the development of coal mines, and Bul)seqnently 
organized the (irand Kiver, Laud and Live Stock Company of 
which he was selected as president and general manager. 
He finally sold out his interest in this organization and came 
to Salt Lake, where for the first six mouths of his residence, he 
represented the New York Life. The Hquitable Life 
Company, however, recognizing in Mr. Warner a val- 
uable man, otTered:him a life contract with them on such 
advantageous terms, that he accepted the same and became 
their general manager for this Territory, and to whose inter- 




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Warner's agency wrote up policies to the amount of Sl,'i')0,flfO, 
and from present indications it is expectf d that the amount for 
1802 will leach S2,0()0,00(t. There are twelve agents in Utah 
for this company, under the control and direction of Mr. War- 
ner, all of whom are considered among the best insurance men 
in the West. The Equitable Life is one of the largest life 
insurance organizations iu the world, and has been doing bus- 
iness for thirty-one years,during which it has made phenomenal 
progress, the assets having increased from §162,(il8 iu 18C0 to 
Sllil.243,744 in 18'.l]. 

Few investors realize the fact that money deposited with a 
reliable and well managed life insurance company, in the pur- 
chase of insurance, is profitable from a Inieitees stand point; 
yet such a fact has been plainly demonstrated many times, aid 
examples might be mentioned if space permitted it. The com- 
pany thai Mr. Warner represents is too well known to ueed any 
eulogy, as it has a national and world wide reputation for relia- 
bility and strength. 

Mr. Warner was born in Pennsylvania, and has been engaged 
in the insurance business for twenty-live years. He was Presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Fire Ineurnnce Company for many 
years and in 1880 located in Colorado, where he engaged iu 
mining and stock operations in GnnniEon County. He was 



ests he devotes his entire time and attention. Mr. Warner is a 
reliable and energetic gentUman of maiked bufiness capacity 
and manages the atTairs of his company with ability and 
intelligence. 

UTAH UNDERTAKING CO. 

This undertaking company was incorporated on .June 22nd, 
1891, with T. C. Armstrong. Jr.. President: C. W. Boyd. Vice- 
president; T. E. Harris, the present coroner, Treasurer, and J. 
C Pvosp, Secretary. The company is located at HIT South 
Main street, and carry a large and complete stock of the latest 
and most artistic designs in ca.ekets, cotlins and funeral 
requisites. The premises are provided with a spacious and 
richlv furnished funeral parlor arranged with special reference 
to the conduct of funeral services, etc. All the mf mhers of the 
company are well and favorably known, many of the stock- 
holders "being old residents in the city. They are leading and 
representative businessmen, masters of tie profession to which 
they are devoted, and citizens who enjoy the public confidence 
and esteem. 



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HENRY SADLER.. 

It is with much pleasure that we call the attention of our 
readers to the well known, okl established and popular wholesale 
liquor house of Mr. Henry Sadler. 

Mr. Sadler occupies a substantial three-story brick building 
on South Main street, 
between 2nd and 3rd 
South street, the dimen- 
sions of which are '2tx 
lUO feet, the first ti lor 
being used as a sales- 
room, the second as a 
bottling room, and the 
third as store room. 

Mr. Sadler was born 
in England, and came 
to this country as a 
young man. He was en- 
gaged in the whole- 
sale dry goods business, 
in New York City for 
about four years, but 
being an energetic and 
pushing business man 
he soon saw the brilli- 
ant future tor the (ireat 
West and came hither. 
He has resided in Salt 
Lake City about thirty- 
two years where he has 
made a name for him- 
self as an industrious 
energetic honorable cit- 
izen, highly deserving 
of the success which 
has attended him 
throughout his busi- 
ness career. He car- 
ries a full line of the 
best brands of wines 
and liquors making a 
specialty of < )ld Crow, 
Hermitage, Oscar Pep- 
per and Yellowstone. 
His business represents 
an investment of S2.5,- 
000 and he does an aver- 
age trade annually of 
about S150,00(i, extend- 
ing throughout the Ter- 
ritory of Utah and 
the States of Idaho, 
Colorado and Wyom- 
ing, requiring the 
employment of seven 
assistants. His cel- 
lars and wine vaults are stored with the choicest brands 
of Bourbon, rye and Monongahela whiskies and with wines of 
the most delicate shades, while his stocks of cigars, made up of 
imported, domestic and Key West, are unsurpassed in variety 
and quality. His terms are liberal and his transactions are 
noted for their equity and fair dealing. 



acterize their dealings with the public and the trade to which 
they cater. They give employment to a large force of skilled 
workmen and do a business steadily increasing in volume and 
importance. 

The enterprise is essentially a home industry, and receives 
the substantial recognition from citizens and residents merited 

by the public spirit dis- 
played in its establish- 
ment as also in the con- 
duct of its operations. 




Plioto tty Shipler. 



MR. HENRY S.\DLEU 



JOSLIN & PARK. 

Jervis Joslin and Boyd 
Park, composing jewelry 
firm of Joslin & Park 
formed a co-partnership 
twenty-nine years ago for 
the purpose of carrying 
on the business in which 
they have since been suc- 
cessfully engaged, and 
through all the ups and 
downs of a mercantile life 
have hehl fast together 
to finally emerge trium- 
phantly into the bright 
sunshine of financial 
prosperity. They began 
operating in Denver, and 
in 1871 opened a branch 
house in Salt Lake, and 
Mr. Boyd Park in charge. 
The success of the tirm 
has been remarkable and 
the present volume of 
business transacted is 
large. The firm carries a 
stock of diamonds, 
watclies, .jewelry, silver- 
ware, etc., ranging in 
value from S 75.01)0 to 
$100,0(10 and does an an- 
nual wholesale and re- 
tail business of $80,0(1(1, 
their trade being through- 
out the Northwest chiefly 
in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, 
Nevada and Montana. 

They occupy elegant 
and commodious accom- 
modations and employ 
eleven clerks, salesmen, 
etc., also traveling rep- 
resentatives. The junior 
member of the firm is a 
native of Scotland, but has been a resident of Utah for twenty 
years, and a practical mechanic, having learned his trade 
in Troy, New York, commencing at the bench in 1853. Both 
himself and partner have contnljuted very largely, by their 
push, enterprise and activity in developing the resources of 
Utah, and Salt Lake City in particular. 



GARRICK & HOLMES, Boiler Makers. 

No better evidence of the substantial prosperity of Salt 
Lake City is apparent than in the fact that her manufactures 
are successfully competing with those of the East in almost 
every line; hence, any review of the city's progress and indus- 
try, would be incomplete without making mention of the enter- 
prises and manufacturing establishments which are justly en- 
titled to mention. Of these the firm of Garrick it Holmes, 
at the rear of 149 West Temple street, although, 
but two years established, is conspicuously prominent 
in its special line of business. The lines of manufacture em- 
brace steam boilers, water jackets, iron water tanks, smoke 
stacks, etc.; also doing all kinds of sheet iron work and conduct- 
ing an extensive repair business. Their motto: "Reasonable 
prices and good work," has been closely adhered to, and has 
been the means of building up a trade that extends all over the 
Territory in every direction, throughout which Messrs. 
Alexander Garrick and Samuel Holmes, composing the firm, 
are well-known and highly esteemed, not alone for their artistic 
skill, but for the honorable business methods which cbar- 



r. E. WARREN MERCANTILE CO. 

Among the oldest and most reliable houses deserving of 
special mention in a work of this nature is the F. E. Warren 
Mercantile Co., located at No. 78 N. Second Street South. 
The company was incorporated in 1881, at Cheyenne, Wyo- 
ming, with a capital of $1.50,000, and now are the most exten- 
sive dealers in their line in this section of the country. They 
operate six houses in all, located at Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, 
Ogden, Brigham, Logan and Boise City, and give employment 
to about 100 men to carry on their business, which will run 
over $250,000 per annum. In their stock will be found the cel- 
ebrated Steinway & Sons, Chickering & Sons, Decker & Son, 
Knabe A- Co., A. B. Chase & Co., Everett, and Fischer pianos, 
besides many others, and the Story A- Clark and A. B. Chase 
organs, all standard instruments. In fact, their stock is so 
complete that they are enabled to furnish a person with any 
musical instrument manufactured in this country or in Europe. 
The personnel of the firm is: President, F. E. Warren, present. 
United States Senator for Wyoming; E. M. Warren, vice presi- 
dent; W. P. Gannett, secretary and treasurer— gen- 



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tlemen too well and favorably kuown to require any 
extended notice, and who are esteemed among the most enterpris- 
ing and conservative business men whose names are linked iusei)- 
arably with those of the leading men of tliis Territory. The Salt 
Lake house is under the able management of Mr. 10. X. .leu- 
kins, a gentleman who has made legions of friends during his 
stay in this city. 

SALT LAKE BUSINESS 
COLLEGE. 

The cause of education has 
showu great progress through- 
out this vast country during 
the past i|uarter of a century. 
The different States have vied 
with each other in perfecting 
their systems in all the de- 
partments of learning, classical, 
scientific and bu.siness. 

The Salt Lake J5nsines8 Col- 
lege, under the control of Prof. 
J. W. Jameson and Nat. B. 
Johnston, was established dur- 
ing 1S89, under rules and reg- 
ulations especially adapted for 
the acquiring of a thorough and 
practical business education, 
and that have met with the full 
approbation of patrons. lOdu- 
cators are progressive men of 
intelligence. Having the ex- 
perience of the best of instruct- 
ors to study, and observant of 
the changes and wants of to- 
day, they adopt the best features 
of instruction of the past and 
embrace any new plan, principle 
or theory calculated to advance 
the interests of the pupil. Such 
has been and is the policy 
adopted by the Salt Lake 

Business College and its accomplished managers— a policy 
that has redounded to the advantage of all the leading busi- 
ness houses, banks, insurance companies, manufacturing 
establishments, railway offices and other avocations of life 
requiring the services of assistants, competent and reliable. 

The curriculum of the Salt Lake Business College embraces 
bookkeeping, commercial law, arithmetic, correspondence, pen- 
manship, business requirements and other branches required 
to battle with the practical side of life. Four teachers, 
among the best in the country, are employed and no 
pains are spared to completely and effectively equip 
the student with a comprehensive knowledge of his 
profession. The commercial room is '22x80 feet in 
dimensions and fitted Tip with all the appointments and 
appliances necessary for the requirements of the service, and 
the class room, lSx24, is equally as well arranged. 

The college can accomodate comfortably one hundred and 
twenty pupils. (Jraduates of this college since it was founded, 
evidence the high order of merit requisite to the securing of a 
diploma. 

The proprietors of the Salt Lake Business College entered 
their profession in California graduating from one of the finest 
instutions of learning in that State. Their system of instruc- 
tion is that known as the lOllis system, employed in the 
Eureka .Vcademy and Business College and the San Fran- 
cisco Business College, in which these gentlemen are in- 
terested. 

Professors Johnston and .lamesou are practical bookkeepers, 
having had several years experience as accountants before 
entering into business college work and are eminently qualified. 
The institution has gained an enviable reputation since its 
establishmsnt, and is in every respect deserving of the con- 
tinued patronage of the public. 



SALT LAKE SILK FACTORY. 

The value of manufactories to any city is difficult to esti- 
mate. Their influence is marked and should be appreciated in 
the highest degree. Salt Lake is the location of a number of 
industries that rank with the best in the land, and among them 
the Silk Manufacturing establishment of .lohn Lyle. located at hi 
S. West Temple St., stands preeminent. .1. L. Chalmers founded 




S.\LT L.\KK IITY BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

the enterprise in 1881, for the manufacture of silk products, such 
as handkerchiefs, ribbons, dress goods.etc. lie was succeeded by 
Mr. Lyle and the industry has had a remarkable run of suc- 
cesses since the latter took charge in IS!)]. His plant is the 
most perfect and complete of any in the West having one 
plain and three .lacquard looms, with approved working and 
winding appliances, together with all other necessary parapher- 
nalia for the successful carrying on of the business. Mr. Lyle 
manufactures several thousand handkerchiefs per year, and 
does a bu.siuess of some $.50(1 or SWO per month. The thread 
used in the factory was originally imported from China and 
■lapan, but is now obtained from New York, .\mong the unique 
designs of handkerchiefs manufactured is one with the Temple, 
-Vssembly Hall and Taliernacle, woven in the corner, un- 
equalled as souvenirs with visitors to Salt Lake and the public. 
He also manufacfiires silk book-marks with a portrait of lirig- 
ham Young, likewise valuable as a memento of a visit to the 
City of Zion. Mr. Lyle has been a resident of Salt Lake for 
three years aad is one of its best and most favorably known 
business men. His establishment is a credit to the city it is 
aiding very materially in the development of, and is deserving 
of the most liberal patronage. 



THE SPENCER-BYWATER COMPANY. 

Few establishments in .Salt Lake City deserve more favor- 
able notice than the Spencer-Bywater company, manufacturers 
of cornices, tin, copper and sheet iron work of every descrip- 
tion, etc., and the most complete lines west of the Missouri river. 
The enterprise was inaugurated aliout three years ago by 
Messrs. Spencer and ISywater, and was incorporated in Jan- 
uary, 1H91. with M, Spencer, president. H. J. Bywater. treas- 
urer; F. W. Stair, secretary; and S. .\. Marks and Cliver Hodg- 
son, directors. Its trade is almost purely local, and when this 
fact is considered it will demonstrate to what a degree of pop- 
ularity the company has attained in the large annual showing 
of the business done. The premises occupied, at IT and 
19 \Vest South Temple street, are large and conven- 
iently arranged, and the stock carried embraces a large 
line of "Peninsular" and "(iem City" stoves and ranges; also 
hot air furnaces of the "Peninsular" brand; the Richardson & 



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Boynton furnace, gasoline stoves, and general house furnishing 
goods of every description in its line. The company makes a 
specialty of tin and sheet iron work, and does a wholesale job- 
bing trade in tin plate, galvanized sheet iron, etc. They give 
employment to fifteen hands, and do an annual business of 
$100,000. The members of the company aremen of push and 
enterprise, and have contributed very liberally of time, 
means and energy in advancing the commercial, mercantile 
and industrial interests of Salt Lake City. Mr. Mark Spencer, 
manager of the company, occupies a very prominent position 
in the ranks of the commercial men of the Great West. 



SALT LAKE MUSIC CO. 

We take pleasure in calling the attention of the public and 
especially the music loving portion of it, to the complete and 
elegant stock of musical instruments carried by the Salt Lake 
Music Co., located at 62 W. Second South St., where the 
Company occupies commodious premises for the accommo- 
dation of its large stock and the comfortable and easy trans- 
action of its rapidly increasing business. This house is the 
agent for the well and deservedly popular Shaw Piano and 
Newman IJros.' Organs for each of whichit enjoys a large trade. 




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SH.\W PL\NO. 

The house was established in Salt Lake City in 1889 and has 
succeeded not only in supplying a large number of the finest 
homes of the City with favorite brands of pianos and organs, 
but has placed them in cultured homes all over Utah, Idaho 
and Wyoming. This store is also the headquarters for all kinds 
of musical merchandise and keeps constantly on hand the 
largest stock and most popular make of pianos and organs in 
the City. 

In addition to those already mentioned, this Company is 
agent for the Schaefer Piano, an instrument noted for excellence 
of tone and finish, and which merits the universal praise 
accorded it. The Rice-Hinze Piano, also handled by this firm, 
will be found no less meritorious and is rapidly coming into 
favor in all parts of the country. 

The business of the Salt Lake Music Co. is under the 
management of Messrs. G. S. Smith and C W. Brown, both of 
whom have established a reputation for conducting the affairs 
of their house according to correct business principles. Cus- 
tomers never fail to receive every attention and the best of 
treatment. In consequence of their approved business methods 
they have built up a trade quoted at from 850,000 to $60,000 
per annum. 

The well-merited success of this establishment is but the 
logical result of the indomitable energy and enterprise of the 
gentlemen who conduct it. 



SALT LAKE DENTAL DEPOT. 

The dental institutions in Salt Lake have always kept 
pace with the improvements of modern science. Conspicuous 
among these is the Salt Lake Dental Depot, originally founded 
by Drs. Chapman, Whytocker and Tripp. Dr. Whytocker, 
however, withdrew and Drs. Chapman and Tripp, the present 
proprietors, succeeded to the business. The institution occupies 
elegant quarters in the Opera House block, fitted up with all 
modern appliances for the rapid and convenient practice of 
the profession. They also contain a depot of supply of dental 
instruments and appliances in which the firm has a capital of 
.$7,000 invested, the annual trade of which amounts to S2o,000. 
They employ two skilled assistants, and their trade is large in 
Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, and a portion of 
Colorado. Both of the gentlemen are practitioners of many 
years' e.xperience and include among their patrons the leading 
citizens of Salt Lake, to whom they refer with pride as to the 
character of work they perform. There are no more reliable 
and skilled professionals in the territory than Drs. Chapman 
and Tripp, and they are justly deserving of the large measure 
of success to which they have attained in the city. 

The assistants in the Dental Depot are Mr. Hugh A. Why- 
tocker, a native of Scotland and a practitioner of four years 
experience, and Mr. Lester Biggs, born in Utah, and in actual 
practice one year. Both gentlemen are skilled in their pro- 
fession and valuable assistants to the firm by which they are 
employed. 

GABEL THE TAILOR, SALT LAKE CITY. 

Success in any enterprise depends to a very large extent upon 
the intelligent proficiency, thorough understanding and practical 
knowledge of the undertaking. There is probably no branch 
of business that requires skill and general knowledge of all 
details than that of merchant tailoring of late years. The busi- 
ness has been practically reduced to a science, and many great 
improvements have been inaugurated, both in the style and cut 
of garments. Modern tailoring establishments of the country 
receive most liberal patronage from the fact that the American 
people know and believe that it pays to be "well dressed." 
Among the establishments in Salt Lake City that has gained 
an enviable reputation for the excellence of its materials and 
the superiority, its fits and make-ups, is that of (label, "the 
Tailor," at 6.') West Second South Street, a branch house of the 
well-known San Francisco enterprise bearing the same name. 
Mr. II. H. (iabel opened his main house in the latter city seven 
years ago, and since that time has established branch industries 
in Denver, Colorado: Los Angeles, San Jose, Sacramento, Port- 
land, Oregon, and Salt Lake City. The house here is in charge 
of Blr. S. T. Ferry, a practical man of many years experience. 
He carries one of the largest and most complete stocks ever 
seen in the West, and makes suits from .$1.5 up, guaranteeing 
satisfaction in every case. The enterprise is located in elegant 
and commodious quarters and gives employment to a force of 
sixteen experienced and accomplished operators. Mr. Ferry 
gives his special attention to the details of the business, and by 
his long experience is enabled to offer superior inducements to 
patrons, making it a point to not let a suit leave the establish- 
ment that is not satisfactory in all its details, and in consequence 
has among his patrons some of the best citizens. Those desir- 
ing stylish garments at reasonable prices will find at the house 
of Gabel, "the Tailor," all that can be required in this line. 

TELEPHONE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. 

There are few living in this city who are not more or less 
familiar with the Telephone Livery and Feed Stables. Possi- 
bly there is not another source in the various walks of city life, 
from which there is drawn in the aggregate so much pleasure, 
comfort and convenience, as from the well equipped livery 
stable. And among this class of institutions, none are more 
deserving of prominent mentioning than the above, located at 
157 State street, and owned by Sawyer and Kavauey. It was 
established a little over a year ago by Mr. William C. Sawyer, 
and is provided with all the modern conveniences. While in 
the matter of equipment, there can be found a stock of fine 
buggies and carriages, and elegant driving horses, as well as 
gaitted saddle animals, and all patronizing this establishment 
will find in attendance polite and attentive drivers, grooms, etc. 
Horses taken to board will receive the best of care. The 
proprietors, Mr. W. C. Sawyer and T. .J. Kavaney, who are 
courteous, genial gentlemen, honorable and fair in all their 
transactions, by close attention to the requirements of 
their special line of business, they have succeeded in building 
up the extensive patronage they now enjoy, and have gained 
the esteem and good will of the public. 



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WARM SPRINGS. 

Of late years it has been demonstrated that among the great 
springs of the West there were some that possessed curative 
properties of a beiieficiiil order. Tradition has (T 
it that in the years agone wlien superstition 
enveloped the land, the aborigines 
of this country discovered and took of 
the medicinal quahties of the waters 
of which this sketch is the subject. The 
springs are located on the corner of 2d West 
and 7th Xortli, and easily accessible by 
electric cars which pass to and fro at brief 
intervals. The property covers ten acres of 
ground upon which there has been erected a 
two-story building 112x176 feet in dimen- 
sions, provided with a 40 horse-power engine, 
that supplies all the motive force necessary; 
also for heating the premises, and other pur- 
poses. Tbe Turkish baths, the main feat- 
ures of the enterprise, are of a character that 
on trial commend themselves to all. The 
old bath house is a one-story, concrete struc- 
ture, l()x7.'5 feet in dimensions, containing 
twenty tubs on the most approved modern 
pattern. Tlie swimming pool is in the main 
l)uilding, and covers an area of .')5x<ib feet, 
the average depth of which is five and one- 
half feet. There is also a bath house espec- 
ially reserved as a swimming pool for boys, 
which has a depth of four feet only, thus 
insuring against ordinary accidents. In addition to these 
there are ten private plunge rooms for ladies, each 12x12 feet, 
with pools having a depth of four feet, and five private plunge 
rooms for gentlemen, 12x12 feet, and four and one-half feet in 
depth. The waters are naturally warm, and, as before stated, 
celebrated for their curative properties when applied to such 
cases as rheumatism, gout, dyspepsia, indigestion, catarrh of 
the stomache and head, etc. An analysis by Ur. Chas. T. 
Jackson, of Boston, shows: 

Carbonate of lime 0.2-10—1280 

Peroxide of iron.. 0040—6208 

Chlorine 34.54—18421 

Zinc 0.54.5—2907 

Soda 2877—15344 

Magnesia 0370—2073 

Sulphuric acid 0703-3748 

Three fluid ounces of the water, on an evaporation of entire 
dryness in a platina capsule, give 8.25 grains of solid, dry 
saline matter. The waters of the springs are slightly charged 
with hydro-sulphuric acid gas, and possess the valuable prop- 
erties belonging to saline sulphur springs. The average tem- 
perature of the springs is laid down at 110° F.. while the 
temperature of the baths is from 100° to 108° F., and are 
considered a great beautifier of the complexion; also a 
sovereign remedy for the removal of tan, freckles, etc., the 
curative properties, imparting to the skin a bright and smooth 
surface, give a white and velvety appearance, thus making 
them a favorite resort for ladies. 

The proprietors. Henry Barnes and Edward Byrne, are 
both gentlemen of high business qualiticitions, and men of 
excellent judgment in the pursuit in which they are engaged. 
Mr. Barnes is a native of New York, but has been a resident 
of Utah for twenty years, and is one of her prominent and 
respected citizens, fully alive to the best interests of Salt 
Lake Citv and Utah. Col. Byrne is a native of Ireland, but 
came to Utah as an officer of the United States army over 
twenty years ago. Upward of a year since he became a 
citizen and located permanently in Salt Lake. He is an 
accomplished gentleman, commercially and socially, and 
is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. The indus- 
try that these gentlemen represent is among the most potent 
factors in the development of Utah, and exercises an influence 
important and far reaching. 

HEBER J. GRANT & CO. 

Regarding the importance and amount of the insurance 
business transacted in Salt Lake City, but few outside of the 
general agency offices have the slightest idea of the rapid ad- 
vancement and progress made by and in the insurance busi- 
ness carried on here. The numerous different branches of this 
important business and the reasonable rates charged for first- 
class protection both of life and property affords advantages 
not only invaluable, but within the reach of all. The agency of 



Heber .1. Grant &Co.,60 Main St., dates its establishment back 
fifteen years, and the ability of the gentlemen composing the com- 
pany, not less than the solvency and reliability of the companies 
they represent bavesecuredforthefirmalineofrisksnot surpass- 




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ed in amount by any agency in the entire West. Their business 
is general insurance, the negotiation of loans of money for 
use in Utah, Idaho and elsewhere, etc. 

They represent the following standard companies: Insurance 
Company of North America, of Philadelphia, 88,731,2.50; Home 
Insurance Company of New York, $8,931,159; German Ameri- 
can Insurance Company of New York, 85,544,346; Hartford 
Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, .$6,142,4.54; Phoenix Insur- 
ance Company, of Hartford, 15,305,004; Pennsylvania Fire Insur- 
ance Company, of Philadelphia, 83,320,935; .\merican Fire Insur. 
ance Company, of Philadel|)hia, 82,642,(i(19; Niagara Fire Insur- 
ance Company, of New York, .S2, 490,6.54; Westchester Fire Insur- 
ance Company, of New York, $1,. 521, 706; Williamsburgh City Fire 
Insurance Company, of Brooklyn, .Sl,393,311; Liverpool & Lon- 
don & Globe Insurance Company, of Liverpool, $43,387,000; 
Home Fire Insurance Company of Utah, 8300,000. The latter 
company is essentially a home institution and one in which the 
people of Salt Lake City take a just pride. It is most liberally 
patronized on this account, as also on account of its reliability 
and liberal policy. The firm represents several large Eastern 
companies, and as already stated, loans money in large amounts 
throughout the Territory. The enterprise has been incorpo- 
rated with Heber J. Grant, president; Richard W. Y'ouug, vice- 
president, and Horace G. Whitney, secretary and treasurer. 
The directory consists of Heber J. Grant. .1. F. Grant, Wm. H. 
Rowe, Elias A. Smith, Richard W. Young, J. F. Wells, Leonard 
G. Hardy, Horace G. Whitney and Charles S. Burton, all 
prominent men in the social, political, commercial, and finan- 
cial history of Salt Lake City, and taking an active part in all 
matters pertaining to the best interests of the city and terri- 
tory. Mr. J. F. Grant, the general manager, possesses in an 
unusual degree all qualifications and characteristics requisite 
to successful conduct of affairs in this lineof business, combin- 
ing enterprise, activity, prudence, sound judgment, and keen 
business tact. The firm employs a large force of clerks and as- 
sistants, and the business is phenomenally prosperous. 



E. STEELE— L X L. STABLES. 

The I. X. L. Stables, owned and operated by Mr. H. Steele 
are widely known and as universally popular among admirers 
of blooded horses, high mettled racers, rapid roadsters, etc., as 
they are among citizens who exact elegant service and equip- 
age. They are located on South Main street, between Third 
and Fourth and are in all features exceptionally well appointed 
and equipped. The stock is of the best character and descrip- 
tion; the carriages, buggies and vehicles generally of the most 
fashionable pattern, and responses to the public ])rompt and 
reliable. Mr. Steele established the enterprise about three 
years ago, and by his attention to business, and honorable 
dealing, has secured to the same 9P ^Jpoet endlees patronegQ 



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with a stabling capacity for 300 
head of horses. It is constructed 
of brick, is two stories high, and 
arranged with all the conveniences 
necessary to the easy and rapid 
transaction of the immense busi- 
ness carried on under its direction. 
The company has 125 head of 
horses, 28 carriages, 28 buggies, 
9 transfer wagons and 8 omnibuses. 
To take care of so large an invoice 
of valuable properties and attend 
to the prompt transfer of baggage, 
requires a force of 43 men and a 
consequent pay-roll of large di- 
mensions. The company has some 
of the finest "rigs" in the West, 
and teams are furnished on short 
notice, while transfer business is 
carried on in a systematic man- 
ner with rarely a mistake ever being 
made in the smallest particular. 
In the conduct of this mammoth 
enterprise an enormous amount of 
capital is invested, and the daily 
expenses are heavy. Notwith- 
standing all this, however, the 
company is on a paying basis, due 
in a large manner to the able, 
popular and efficient manner in 



GRANT BROS. COMPANY. 

Equally important with the leading enterprises 
which give reputation to a city for progressive 
spirit, and commercial and manufacturingfacilities, 
are all establishments which conduce to the con- 
venience of the community. With the growth 
of population in Salt Lake, has come an increase 
in the demand for livery teams, carriages and 
transfer wagons, and the business has assumed 
great proportions in consequence. The (irant 
Bros. Transfer Company was founded in 1886, 
by a corporation under the name of Grant Bros. 
Company, for the purpose of transacting a general 
livery and transfer business. The officers are Heber 
.T.Grant, president; Elias A.Smith, secretary and 
treasurer, and B. F. Grant, manager. The 
establishment is the largest of its kind in the city, 
occupying a building 100x330 feet in dimension.s, 





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ROWE, MORRIS, SUMMERHAYS 

COMPANY. 

One of the many institutions that contribute 
largely to the prosperity of Salt Lake is the Rowe, 
Morris, Summerhays Company. The corporation 
manufactures and handles leather, also dealing in 
hides, wool, deer and sheep pelts, furs, etc. They 
occupy a large four-story building at Nob. 61 and 
63 South Third West street, one-half block south 
of U. P. depot, the tannery being situated on 
Fourth North, between First and Second West 
streets, and is a large and conveniently arranged 
structure. The enterprise is successor to .T. W. 
Summerhays & Company, and was originally 
founded in 1883. The business was incorporated 
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which the manager. xUr. Graut_ 
conducts operations connected 
with the undertaking. He is a 
man of keen business abilities, 
fully qualified for the position he 
holds, and an affable, polite gen- 
tleman. The remaining officers of 
the company are prominent men 
in the city, and pioneers of Utah. 
The president, Heber J. Grant, 
has occupied the highest official 
position within the gift of the 
people of Salt Lake City, and 
is a gentleman universally esteemed 
and respected thoroughout the 
entire Territory. The secretary 
and treasurer, Mr. Elias A. Smith, 
is connected with a large number 
of commercial and financial in- 
stitutions; is amanot large capital, 
and practically identified with all 
the interests of Salt Lake City. 

The reader's attention is called to 
the fine engraving of the hand- 
some passenger "Raymond Coach" 
on the back cover of this publica- 
tion. It was built to accommodate 
large parties of excursionists and 
tourists, and is usually drawn by 
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'J'liey purchase hiileB, wool, pelts and 
fursthrounh Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, 
Nevada ami Arizona and dispose of 
tliem in all the i)rincipal markets of 
the country. They do a heavy busi- 
ness that is annually improvin;;, and 
employ a force of twenty-four hands. 
The officers of the corporation are: 
W. H. Kowe, president; K. Morris, vice- 
president and treasurer; Geo. R. 
Emery, secretary, and J \V. Summer- 
hays, manager. They are thorough 
business men and ])romineut in the 
Territory. Their enterprise is an im- 
portant one in the matter of de- 
veloping the resources of the country; 
also as regards the amount of money 
involved in the business. The value 
of such institutions to a community 
is difficult to compute, but is of a 
nature to be appreciated by all who 
have the interests of Salt Lake and 
Utah at heart. 



L. P. ROBINSON. 

Professional men above all classes 
of people are r€<iuiredto perfect them 
selves in order to meet that success 
which all meu strive to attain. This 
is as true in the practice of law as in 
the practice of medicine, but there is 
another agent in administering to the 
sick that is quite as important as the 
physician himself, the druggi.st, who 
must be equally if not more careful, 
and thoroughly understand his busi- 
ness. The druggists of Salt Lake in 
this connection are beyond criticism. 
Prominent among them is the well- 
known pharmacy of L. P. Robinson, 
localeil at number 347 Southwest 
Temple St. Mr. Robinson began busi- 
ness in his present location in January 
1 S9 1 , and the large trade he has already 
established speaks well for bis popu- 
larity and the confidence the public 
place in him as a reliable and trust- 
worthy chemist. His stock is new, 
and constantly replenished, when nec- 
essary, in order to keep on hand drugs 
of the highest virtue. The premises 
occupied consist of a building 18x45 
feet in dimensions, constructed of 
brick, and presents altogether a 
very handsome ai)pearance. Mr. Rob- 
inson is a graduate of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, also 
Trustee Fidelity Lodge of Odd Fellows. His annual business 
foots up fifteen thousand dollars and over. 

HARRINGTON, DONNELLY & NEWELL. 

The steady advance in values in Salt Lake property has 
resulted in showing the city what an active and energetic 
coterie of real estate men can do to develop a country hereto- 
fore unknown to land buyers for speculation. Among the most 
actively employed in this field of usefulness have been the 
members of the' firm of Harrington, Donnelly <fe Newell, located 
at 9 West Second South street. Aside from a general real 
estate business tliese gentlemen have several special induce- 
ments for investment, among which rises prominently an 
addition to the city bearing the firm name. " Harrington, Don- 
nelly ,V- Newell's Addition," lies on Second West street; and 
lielfevue Park addition, another held by the firm, is located on 
Tenth South and Ninth Kast streets. Electric lines pass both 
additions, bringing the property into almost immediate con- 
nection with the city proper. The lots offered in these two 
tracts are especially desirable for residence purposes, all being 
high, sightly and well drained. The streets are already graded, 
and a number of healthy trees are growing along the thorough- 
fares, having been set as a promotion of the other natural 
beauties of the land. Already a number of home-seekers have 
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houses on the lots they have purchased, and manyjvery invit- 
ing structures have been erected for the owners' occupancy. 
The firm also holds a large amount of first-class mining prop- 
erty, situated in the rich Fish Springs and Cottonwood dis- 
tricts. There are three claims in the former district which are 
known to be valuable, but which have not yet been developed. 
The assay shows six ounces of silver and a small percentage of 
lead. The ore from which this assay was made was taken 
from the surface with a hammer. In Mill Creek the company 
owns the "Huron," and in Cottonwood, the " Kex " and 
" Indus." The " Huron " has a tunnel in 200 feet, and a shaft 
seventy-five feet down. Its assays vary from six to forty 
ounces of silver, and has a well developed vein six feet wide, 
which is growing richer as the work progresses. On the 
" Indus," assays show 1,50 ounces of silver and sixty per cent, of 
lead. The " Rex " shows forty ounces of silver and fifty per 
cent, of lead. .\ll these claims are especially promising, and 
a very slight outlay for development will make good money for 
a speculator. 

LEAVER, CONRAD & CO. 

.Vmong the many industries for which Salt Lake is noted the 
lumber interests occupy a foremost position. One of the lead- 
ing enterprises of this character in Salt Lake City is that 
ownetl and operated by Leaver, Conrad i Co., located at 25,5 
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carries one of the largest and most complete lines of^rough and 
planed lumber in the country, and does an annual business 
quoted at $100,000 in value. The trade of the firm extends 
through Utah and Idaho, requiring the expenditure of large 
sums and the employment of ten assistants. The members of 
the firm are natives of Utah. Mr. Leaver was for a number of 
years connected with Mason & Co., in the same business, his 
partner, Mr. H. S. Young, being at present the assistant cashier 
of the Deseret Bank. The firm is an exceptionally strong one, 
and entitled to the fullest confidence of the public. 



E. K. THOMAS. 

In every city, as a rule, the dry goods business holds the 
ranking positioj in mercantile affairs. Of the houses thus 

engaged in Salt Lake City none 
occupy a more prominent posi- 
tion, with reference to the 
amount of stock carried, extent 
of business transacted or con- 
venience of premises occupied, 
and none is superior in the high 
standard of commercial honor 
upon which its operations are 

CfSi rgr:~||afff- |»|WIB ^-^-^i based, than the retail dry goods. 
In pTTl'ff^ IjH W^] '^oot a'l*^ shoe establishments 
i^ l!=tll_L^^_K_iteJ JLI of U. K. Thomas, founded in 

1885. Throughout the history 
of this well-known and popular 
house it has ever maintained the 
cLaracleristics of energy, mer- 
cantile integrity and enterpris- 
ing and intelligent ability man- 
ifested at its inception, and as 
the years have passed it has 
gained added value for the lib- 
~ eral and enlightened policy that 
J! has always made it prominent. 
„^ The bui.ding occupied by Mr. 
Thomas is 44x8G feet in dimen- 
K. K. THOMAS, DRY GOODS. sious, with a large basement for 
the storage of goods, and the 
store is a model of perfection in its interior arrangements, the 
various lines of go ds carried by the house having departments 
of themselves, presided over by affable and polite assistants. In 
addition to the stock of dry-goods, boots and shoes, Mr. Thomas 
carries a full and assorted line of children's clothing and gents' 
furnishings, both of which are considered by competent judges 
as among the best in the city. It may be added that all these 
departments of the house are heavily stocked and ably directed, 
while the trade, which annually amounts to thousands of dol- 
lars in value, is steadily extending and increasing, requiring the 
employment of a force of twenty clerks, subordinates and sales- 
men to successfully handle. Mr. Thomas is a native of England, 
bat has resided in Salt Lake City ever since 1803. He is one of 
the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of the Territory, 
and the ability he has displayed in the building up of his 
immense business is the subject of frequent remark. 




DRISCOLL & CO. 

Messrs. Driscoll & Co., real estate and loan ag€nt8 at 43 
K. Second South Street, began operations in Salt Lake in 1887, 
and by successfully placing risks and loans have become a rep- 
resentative firm in these lines. They do a very large business, 
theirsalesotrealty last year amounting to over $100,(JOO,andthey 
probably placed loans equal in volume to that of any other firm. 
They are dealers in city, farm, ranch and mining properties and 
loan agents for Eastern capitalists. The members of the firm 
are Con. Driscoll and Capt. A. T. Riley, both well known bus- 
iness men. Mr. Driscoll came to Salt Lake eighteen years 
ago and engaged in the mining and milling industry. He was 
also the amalgamator of the Ontario and Madonna Valley mines 
at Pioche, Nevada, for a number of years, and is interested in 
a number of promising mines throughout the West. His trans- 
actions are characterized by energy, ability and liberality. 

Captain Riley was born in Birmingham, England, and 
immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1840, set- 
tling in St. Louis, Mo., where his father engaged in the busi- 
ness of furnishing supplies for the river steamers, Captain 
Riley commencing his business career at that time. In the 
"big fire" of 1849 their establishment was totally destroyed, 
entailing a loss of over $100,000 and virtually breaking them 
up in business. In 1855, the Captain came to Utah, remaining 
two years, thence removing to St. Jo, Missouri, where he re- 



mained until 1861, when he became a resident of Omaha and 
embarked in the furniture business, in which he was engaged 
successfully for eight years. In 1869 he started for Utah as a 
passenger on the first through train to Taylor's Mills, thence by 
stage the balance of the journey. He immediately opened up 
a large furniture establishment in Salt Lake City, which he 
conducted very successfully until 1888-9, when he sold out and 
engaged in the real estate and loan business. In 1870 Captain 
Riley was superintendent of the St. Mark's cathedral, an edi- 
fice that will cost $100,000 when completed. He is a man of 
recognized ability in the mercantile world, and his long resi- 
dence of twenty-two years in Salt Lake has given him an 
experience that aptly fits him for the business he is now en- 
gaged in. His knowledge of real estate values is very exten- 
sive and he has aided vary materially in building up the city 
in which he is ranked among the most enterprising public 
men. He is a typical gentleman of the old school and highly 
esteemed by his hundreds of friends. 

SALT LAKE CITY FOUNDRY AND MANUFAC 
TURING COMPANY. 

The manufacturing interests of Salt Lake, while being 
exceedingly diversified in character, are of far greater magni- 
tude than is generally supposed by a majority of its people. 
The enterprise of the Salt Lake Foundry and Manufacturing 
Company, located at 133 S. West Third street, is an illustration 
in point, and as one of the most extensive establishments in its 
line of operations in this section of the West, is a particularly 
apt subject for comment. The company was organized in 1879 
and incorporated in 1885, with D. L. Davis, president ; J. H. 
White, secretary and treasurer, and Eli A. Folland, superin- 
tendent. They are manufacturers of engines, boilers, mining 
and milling machinery, iron and brass castings, the last two 
articles being made to order in any desired style and shape. 
They are also sole manufacturers for the celebrated Horse's 
Friend sulky plow, which has a wide reputation for excellence 
all over the country. The foundry occupies a large building 
60x200 feet in dimensions, and the machinery, consisting of an 
engine of fifteen horse-power and other necessary appliances, is 
all of the latest and most improved pattern. From thirty to 
forty hands are constantly employed, making the pay-roll one 
of no inconsiderable proportions. The company sells goods 
principally in Utah and Idaho, but expect in the near future to 
cover more territory. The superintendent, Mr. Folland, is an 
active, energetic business man, thoroughly conversant with all 
the details and requirements of the business. With facilities 
of the best possible character and extensive in detail and 
arrangement, they are prepared to supply the trade promptly 
with goods in their line of the best quality and on most 
reasonable terms. With a stainless business policy, of the 
most liberal and enterprising character, they deservedly hold 
the high position accorded them in commercial and manufac- 
turing circles, and a continuation of a prosperity so well 
merited. 

J. HANSEN. 

In the various professional lines Salt Lake City has an 
ample share of the best in the land. In the list of architects 
that add to the honor and glory of her world-wide fame are 
many who would reflect credit upon any country. Conspicuous 
among these is the gentleman of whom this article is the sub- 
ject. Mr. Hansen is a young man, thirty-two years of age, and 
is a native of Copenhagen, Denmark. He received a classical 
and practical education in the art academies of Berlin and 
Vienna, where he learned all the rudiments of architecture and 
of the principles that insure success. For twelve years he 
practiced his avocation in the old country, and then, believing 
that the Xew World offered more substantial inducements to 
the ambitious young man, he emigrated to the United States, 
landing in Nt-w York, thence removing to Chicago, and finally 
to Salt Lake, where he arrived five years ago and where he has 
enjoyed a remarkable success. Among the many buildings and 
residences which have been constructed according to his plans 
and under his supervision, are the Culmer block, the Wilson 
and Busby building, the R. K. Thomas three-story terrace 
building. No. 40 School District edifice, Culmer i Keunett 
block, and the residences of S. H. Cannon, one of the finest in 
the city; R. G. Jones, C. H. Lenze, M. S. Cummings, E.G. 
Brown and others. Mr. Hansen is one of the brightest young 
young men in his profession in Utah, and is withal a gentleman 
of sterling qualities. In politics of a national order he is a 
prominent democrat, but a liberal, locally. He is married, has 
an interesting family, and is a valuable acquisition to the city, 
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COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK. 

The Commercial Natioual is one of the most important 
financial inetitntionB in Salt Lake City. It has been in opera- 
tion two years, yet has met with uniform success and prosper- 
ity, and has the reputation of beiuK one of the best managed 
monetary concerns in the western part of the United States, 
commaudini; an extensive line of deposits and doiDfr a large 
discount business. It occupies k"""."."'! ""°'' "^ »° elegant six- 
story stone building, the most magniticent and costly structure 
in the city. The interior of the ''"""^ '» ^^^^'^ "P '" ^■■''°'l 
style, the appointments and ar- 
rangements being exceptionally 
convenient, attractive and sub- 
stantial. The officers and direc- 
tors of the Commercial National 
Bank are men that in some ca- 
pacity are connected with almost 
every extensive enterprise that 
has grown up in the city. 'J'he 
following well known gentlemen 
are the present oUicers of the in- 
stitution: Geo. M. Downey, presi- 
dent; W. P. Moble, vice-president; 
Thos. Marshall, '2d vice-president 
John W. Donuellan, cashier. .\ 
general banking business is con- 
ducted in loans, discounts, deposits 
and exchanges (m all the important 
points in the United States and 
Europe. All departments of the 
business is carried upon a policy 
of the highest commercial stand- 
ing. Its liberal, yet conservative, 
methods are such as to merit the 
confidence, esteem and considera- 
tion of the public. It would be 
ditlicult to select a more desirable 
set of officials than those now at 
the head of this bank. In iutin- 
ence. judgment and manipulation 
of financial affairs they are all that 
their patrons could wish for. The 
president of the institution, Mr. 
Geo.M. Downey, is a gentleman of 
unusual experience in such mat- 
ters, and stands at the head of 
the banking business in Salt Lake 
City. Col. John \V. Dounellan, 
cashier, is well fitted for his posi- 
tion. Independent of his duties 
as cashier of so important a con- 
cern as the Commercial National 
Bank, he is iulluenlially identi- 
fied with several leading business 
enterprises and public move- 
ments, vice-president of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Salt 
Lake City, treasurer of the 
Stock Exchange, regent of the 
University of Deseret and presi- 
dent of ' the Salt Lake Rapid 

Transit Co. He is also treasurer of the 'Pacific Invest- 
ment Co., secretary and treasurer of the Kock Spring Coal Co.. 
treiisurer and director of the Workl's Fair Transit Co., and sec- 
retary and treasurer of the Commercial Block Association. 

Col. Donnellan came to Wyoming in IISOT, and in 18(!9 was 
elected Territorial Treasurer. Subsequently he euijaged in 
the banking business in Wyoming and the Slate of Colorado, 
having been Casliier of the Laramie National Bank at Lara- 
mie, Wyoming, and vice-president of the I'irst National Bank 
at Rock Springs. 

Col. Donnellan acquired his title by serving three and one- 
halt years as Colonel in the United States Volunteers. -Uto- 
gether his career has been a remarkable one, fraught with 
valuable experience, which preeminently fits him for the posi- 
tion he now occupies as cashier of the Commercial National 
Bank of Salt Lake City. 

Col. Donnellan is a public spirited man, always ready and 
willing to encourage and support every project of importance 
to the city's welfare and those with whom he is associated. 
Under his able management the interests of the bank and its 
patrons are carefully looked after, and his judgment and supe- 
rior executive ability give him the support ot all who are inter- 
ested in the bank's future prosperity. 



Col. Donnellan is to be congratulated upon his great saccess 
so honorably achieved and so permanently retained. 

The following is a .statement of the affairs of this bank at 

the close of business .July 9, 1891: 

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL 
NATIONAL BANK. OF SALT LAKE CITY. 

At Salt LiikeCiLv, in the Territxjry ot Utjih. at the close of business, Jaly 
9th, 1891. 




COMMERCIAL NAT10N.\L KANK. 



BE80UBCE6. 

Loans and discounts $415,561.68 

Ovirdrafls, secured and unsecured ?2,:<1VM 

U. S. bonds to secure circnlat ion.. 6O.COO.0(l 

Stockw. securities, claims, etc 14,666.69 

Due from approved reserve aKents $46,522.19 

Due from other National banks 45,412.11 91,9a4.30 

llanking house, furniture and tixtures 1.9.225.73 

Current expenses and taxes paid 2.')0.s5 

Preuiinnis on U. S. b< nds lO.tUO.CO 

Ciiecks anil otlier cash items 1,24.5.46 

KxcliauKes for clearing liouse.. - 4, .5:12.72 

Hillsof olherbanks 2,670.(10 

Fractional pa5»er currency, sickelsand cents. . tU.20 

Spi'cie 56,936.70 65,449.08 

Hedemption fund with D. S. treasurer (5 per 

cent, of circuhition) 2,250.00 

Total . $771,.H5».24 

IJABII.ITIKS. 

Capital stock paid in $800,000.00 

Surplusfund 30.IKKI.00 

rndivi.led profits 2,?,-.Mi9 

National liauk notes outstanding r.'iii.oo 

Diviilends unpaid ^J,^«^^U) 

Inilividual ^h■po^ils subject locheck ...$287,525.65 

Demand cerlifirates ot deijosit 10,279.80 

Time cerliticattt. of deposit .... 36,646.37 



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Certified checks *'SI"So 

Casliier's checks outstanding 806.98 

Due to otlier national banks 4,71ti.B'2 

Due to state l)anks and bankers... 6,610.68 

Total deposits ..- 350,051.15 

Notes and bills re-discounted 31,82o.uO 

Total-. - $771,8.58.24 



J. W. SHIPLER. 

The progress that has been ruade within recent years in the 
art of photography is nothing short of marvelous. The meth- 
ods, the apparatus, and even the manner of posing, all are vir- 
tually revolutionized by the march of progress, and methods 
and improvements closely approaching perfection are now 
employed. In no photographing establishment is this more strik- 
ingly illustrated than in the gallery of Mr. J. W. Shipler, in the 
Hooper Block, this city. Coming here from Montana about one 




J. W. SHIPLER. 

year ago, Mr. Shipler has built up a business already acknowl- 
edged to be one of the finest in the territory. The high order of 
work done, the uniform satisfaction rendered to his patrons, 
together with the unmistakable business capacity, energy and 
sound judgment which characterizes the management of his de- 
servedly popular establishment, have been the chief features 
contributing to the positive and permanent success that he en- 
joys to day. Mr. Shipler has elegant rooms in the magnificent 
Hooper Block, which are swiftly and easily accessible by the 
fine elevator in the building. His rooms and studio are fitted 
up expressly tor the business, and are models of beauty and ele- 
gance. Mr. Shipler was the first artist to introduce into Salt 
Lake what is known as the satin finish on photographs. This 
process makes a picture perfect in every respect, and is a de- 
cided improvement upon the old albumen method. Mr. Ship- 
ler has a beautiful souvenir of Salt Lake t'lty, consisting of 
twelve favorite scenes executed in blue tint and which are sim- 
ply perfect in their line. The gentleman is a native of Penn- 
sylvania, but has been in the western country tor seventeen 
years or more, and is therefore no tenderfoot. He is very much 
of a gentleman in all his business as well as social walks, and 
is very popular with all who have the pleasure of his acquaint- 
ance. 



ZION'S SAVINGS BANK. 

No financial institution in the history of this city has been 
more intimately connected with the interests of this commu- 
nity, or has had a more uniformly successful or prosperous 
career than the one which stands at the head of this article. 
Ithas a large capital and commands an extensive line of deposits. 
This great financial enterprise was established in 1873 by Brig- 
ham Young, on a capital of $50,000, which has now increased to 



$250,000, and during the entire period of its existence has been 
regarded as one of the best managed monetary concerns in the 
United States. It does a general banking business and has 
correspondents all over the world. The bank has elegant quar- 
ters in a magnificent six-story and basement stone and brick 
structures, situated on the corner of Main and Brigham 




streets, one of the betl business corners in the city. 
The first story of the building occupied by the bank is of 
gray stone, while the remaining stories are of a fine quality of 
brick appropriately trimmed with stone. The entire structure 
is an architectural beauty, both in design and finish. ( )ver the 
entrance to the institution which presents a massive and 
substantial appearance, the words " Zion's Savings Bank and 
Trust Co." IS artistically cut in the solid stone. The interior 
arrangements and appointments are exceptionally convenient, 
artractive and substantial. Among the officers and directors 
at the present time will be found names closely identified with 
the history of Salt Lake in her progress and prosperity and 
the advancement and development of her business interests, 
and manufacturing and commercial resources. 

In connection with a general banking business the institu- 
tion has a savings department the feature of which is both 
unique and novel, and commends itself to the public at once 
upon a lucid explanation. Many people are backward in the 
matter of bringing small deposits to a bank, and to obviate this 
difiiculty, the officialsof Ziou'e Savings Bank, have had a number 
otminiaturesavingsbaukscoustructed which theyloan to deposi- 
tors to take home with them. These banks are nickel-plated 
on brass, provided with combination locks, and are highly 
ornamental and convenient. They lend you one of these 
auxiliary banks on depositing three dollars for insuring its 
return, for which they give you a pass book, crediting y<m with 
the amount and allowing interest on the same. They keep the 
key to the combination of the auxiliary bank, so that it can 
only be opened by taking it to officials, when the amount it 
contains is credited to you on your pass-book. By this means 
small deposits are encouraged at home, as the little bank is 
convenient and the timid and backward need have no hesitancy 
in dropping their small change into it. All sizes coin or paper 
money can be placed in the auxiliary bank. By this arrange- 
ment many a person has been induced to save, and habits of 
economy and thrift formed and encouraged. The officers of 
Zion's Savings Bank and Trust t^ompany are: Wilford Wood- 
ruff, president ; Geo. Q. Cannon, vice-president ; Thos. G. 
Webber, cashier ; and B. H. Schettler, assistant cashier. The 
board of directors consists of Wilford Woodruff, Geo. Q. Can- 
non, Jos. P. Smith, James Jack, Thos. G. Webber, August 
M. Cannon, Legrande Young, George Reynolds and H. B. 
Clawson, presenting some of the brightest names in the galaxy 
Utah's history. In concluding this sketch of one of Salt Lake's 
greatest financial institutions, no higher or greater tribute can 
be paid to it, and the officers and management, than the fact 
that it does an annual businessof over $3,000,000, demonstrating 
conclusively the great confidence in which it is regarded by the 
the public. 




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L. H. DALE. 

Salt Lake City is 
the happy possessor of 
one of that chiss of en- 
terprises that must 
needs have a thinUiiig 
and enterpr isint; peo- 
ple t<i cater to, and a 
populous community 
as a mart — 

AN AKCIIITECTCRAL 
SHEET METAL WORKS, 

with all its branches; 
with sanitary plnmb- 
inj;, steiini. hot water 
and hot-air heating, 
ventilation, gas tiltint;, 
braes goods, supplies, 
gas and combination 
Kxtures, electric wir- 
ing, pumpgand pump- 
sinking material, etc., 
etc. 

The w e 1 1-k n o w u 
house of L. II. Dale 
has been established 
in this city for several 
years: while it is com- 
paratively new yet 

it is a popular institvitiou. Mr. Dale is but thirty years of age, 
and is thoroughly conversant with his business, having been 
in business and contracting work since nineteen years of 
age. The magnitude of his business can be understood when 
the reader is informed of the fact that during the past season 
he furnished employment to thirty or forty men in its different 
branches. Mr. Dale has just moved his stock into his large 
new building, 35xl.''>l) feet, and is prepared to do a larger busi- 
ness than ever before, to manufacture and handle work with a 
great deal more satisfaction and on much shorter notice. 

He is also well equipped with the most improved machinery 
requisite for his business in all the ditferent departments. .Judg- 
ing from the working of the machinery in the sheet metal works 
department, and the beautiful and dillicult hammered work in 
copper brass, zinc, and galvanised iron this establishment has 
turned out, he is prepared to make anything in sheet metal that 
may be needed for any building. 

On entering the commodious new building of Mr. Dale you 
first enter the exhibit and sales room, which is tastefully 
arranged with all manner of plumbing, gas and electric goods, 
with an elegant assortment of tixtures set up, showing the 
working of each of the many magnificent designs in bath tubs, 
water closets, open lavatories, etc.. with an endless stock of gas 
and electric fixtures. Next comes the 




L. H. DALE. 



large business in Salt Lake City and county, bnt throughout 
Utah, Wyommg and fdaho. 

Next comes the plumbing, steam and gas-fitting shop, with, 
seemingly, as conveniently arranged racks, bins, and benches, 
and the larger and well-stored decking, suspended from the 
ceilings, on the left, with a large and endless variety of earthen- 
ware, asone could wish to select from, well tilled to overflowing 
compartments with car loads of wrought and oast iron pipe in 
endless variety, sizes, shapes, etc. The two thousand dollar 
fitting bins are well filled with all kinds of fittings. Next to 
this shot) is the sheet metal works, with the necessary ma- 
chinery, and with many stacks of all kinds of sheet iron, copper, 
brass, zinc, and all grades of tin plate, from the 1. C. charcoal 
roofing up to and including the wellknown old method N.ii (i. 
Taylor and others just as good brands of old style terns. 
Mr. Dale is prepared and is making a more substantial 
work in the sheet metal line than has ever been built 
in this part of the country before. He will not turn out 
a job of work without it is well bossed ami anchored. He 
makes a specialty of skylight and ventilator work, as well as 
all kinds of tin work and hot air heating. Mr. Dale has l>uilt 
up and is maintaining a nice jobbing, or wholesale trade. This 
point being so far from the manufacturers of tbe various kinds 
of goods in his line, he buys all his goods in car lots, and is 
furnishing everything in his line to the trade at prices that they 
can afford to deal with him. The stock of 

HARVESTING MACHINEKV AND ('HAMPION REPAIRS 

is from the well-known firm of .'\mos Whiteley & Co., of Spring- 
field, Ohio, of which he is the sole western agent. He carries 
a full and complete stock of Whiteley solid steel mowers and 
binders ; also a full stock of Whiteley and Champion machine 
repairs. These machines, consisting of mowers and binders, 
have a world-wide reputation, and are known for their excel- 
lence to every farmer throughout the world, as thousands of 
them are sold annually. This company has more than S12,- 
O00,00n invested in the manufacture of their harvesting machin- 
ery at Springfield, Ohio. The above company is the only har- 
vesting machine company that build their entire machines 
from the ground up, viz : mining their own ore, shipping it on 
their own railroad to their own factories, and making everything 
for their own machine in every particular. This manufacturing 
establishment is the largest one of its kind in the world. Mr. 
Dale furnishes all necessary repairs for all their machines, and 
also for all the 

OLD CHAMPION MAOHINES, 

tor the western country, and being a thorough practical man 
in his business, has never failed to give satisfaction. Mr. Dale 
is a live, pushing and energetic business man, and deserves 
much credit for his enterprise and the trade he has established ; 
not only does he receive great credit, but the people of our 
city and tributary country fully realize and appreciate the 
importance of such a inauutacturing and wholesale establish- 
ment. 




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WlllTKLEV bl>Lll> STEEL .MUWEi;. 
HMtVESTlNO MArniNE AND REPAIR ROOM, 

with a thirty thousand dollar stock, which is much larger and 
better arranged than has ever been in this country before. 

Mr. Dale has spared no pains or expense to make this part 
of the building conveuieDt and attractive. He not only does a 



ROGERS & COMPANY. 

In writing a review of the commercial in- 
terests of Salt Lake City, there are many en- 
terprises that come under notice at are 
speciahlly worthy of mention. In this con- 
nection it is proper to state that there is no 
more potent factor in the material aiivancement 
of the commercial interestsof a city than a "ell 
regulated and first-clas.i grocery house. The 
house of Rogers it Company is pre-eminently 
one of this class. These gentlemen are all 
bright, active, enterprising young men: and 
after seven years of a successful business 
career are in a position to understand the wants 
■/■'"''■ of the trade. The establishment was originally 

founded in 1884. by .V. Rogers,.Tr.. and tlie firm 
was afterward suceeded by .\. Rogers. .Tr., .T. 
15. Rogers, and .Tas. Rogers, the father, who had 
been in active business life in Salt Lake City 
for more than twenty-five years, retiring 
to enjoy in ease the fruits of a successful business career. 
Mr. Rogers, Sr., is a native of Scotland, and one of the "old 
timers," and, although retired from active participation in 
business life, is largely interested in a number of enterprises 
thatiaid very 'materially in the development of the resources 
of the territorv. 



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His sons are worthy successors, and have demonstrated 
their ability as business men by the successful operation of one of 
the largest establishments of its character in the city. They 
are located in an elegant building in the business portion of 
the city, and in its arrangement is universally conceded to be 
handsome and adaptive. The firm carries an average stock, 
valued at $1.5,000, consisting of a general assortment of fancy 
groceries and table delicacies, etc., etc. This feature 
of their business is especially appreciated by the public, and 
has been the means of bringing Rogers & Company the best 
and finest trade in the citj-. Eight assistants are employed, 
from four to six wagons are constantly in operation, and they 
do an annual business of over $1.50,000. The members of all the 
firm are enterprising, liberal and progressive business men, 
gentlemen of unimpeachable character and worthy of all the pat- 
ronage they are receiving. In all the city of Salt Lake, there 
is no firm that stands higher in the estimation of the public 
than that of Bogers A: Company. 



UNION PACIFIC HOTEL. 

The City of Salt Lake certainly commands a po!5ition essen- 
tially calling for first-class hotel accommodations of large 
capacity and intelligent management. The house of which 
this article is the subject, the Union Pacific Hotel, was but 
recently opened to the public by Mr. B. F. Whittemore, an old 
hotel man of many years' experience. The house, situated 
opposite U. P. depot, is a four-story brick structure, 75x100 
feet in dimensions, supplied with a 40-horse power engine used 
for heating and elevator purposes, and is conducted upon both 







UNION PACIFIC HOTEL. 

the American and European plans. It has ninety-four sleeping 
rooms with a capacity to accommodate two hundred people; 
the dining room seating one hundred and fifty guests, the 
entire establishment being lighted by electricity and gas, 
heated throughout by steam, and water on every fioor. The 
table is supplied with all the market afJords and the service is 
of the very best. In the construction of this edifice, the best 
architectural designs were employed, including the latest im- 
proved fashion in a cupola from which Salt Lake, the entire 
valley, etc , may be viewed. Another pleasing feature of the 
building is the different native woods used in its decoration 
the second floor especially being distinguished for its orna- 
mentations in Spanish cedar, the third floor in Oregon yellow 
pine, capable of a high polish, and the fourth floor in white 
pine with oil polish. The hotel floors are laid in California 
red-wood and the reception rooms, bar room, billiard room, 
etc., are works of art. Mr. Whittemore began the hotel busi- 
ess in San Francisco in 185(1, and has since been continually en- 
gaged in the same line. He is a popular landlord and is ably 
assisted by his wife, who takes it upon herself to see that all 
guests are made comfortable; and to her influence and ability 
is due much of the success that he has achieved. 



JOHN READING. 

In every city there are individual examples of men whose 
large connection with its business pursuits, whose prominence 
in all matters of public enterprise, and whose record for integ- 
rity, energy and industry, made them object of note, not alone 
in their homes, but wherever an exalted commercial reputation 
is recognized and respected. 

Few men at present engaged in business in Salt Lake City, 
have been longer associated with its mercantile interests than 
John Reading. Coming to the city from England thirty-seven 
years ago he can justly be considered, one of the pioneers of 
the Territory. In 1864 he embarked in his present occupation 
of florist and seedsman, and by diligence and perseverance, 
coupled with strict integrity of purpose, he has built up one of 
the largest trades in his line the western country can boast of. 
The buildings and grounds necessary to carry on his business 
occupy a space of 2'2x.50 rods, corner Second East and 
Second South streets, and include a large hot house, 
heated by steam and furnishing employment to fifteen hands, 
being also supplied with all modern appliances, including elec- 
tric light and other machinery necessary for the successful 
operation of the same. The grounds of Mr. Reading, laid out in 
elegant, symmetric design, are models of beauty and perfection 
in all the details to which they are adapted. All varieties of 
flowers and plants are propagated and seeds of every descirp- 
tion are kept constantly on hand to supply the trade. The con- 
cern also has a four acre block devoted to the cultivation of 
flowers and seeds, at Centerville, Davis County, thirteen miles 
north of the city, and one half miles east of the U. P. railroad. 
This is under the charge of his son, W. H. Reading, and is a 
model in beauty and design. The trade extends to Montana 
and Idaho, and is increasing in volume yearly. Mr. Reading 
has a branch salesroom under the Utah National bank, and is 
ably assisted in his business by his two sons, W. H. and C. J. 
Reading, both of whom are recognized as men of ability in 
their line. 

SALT LAKE EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE 
INSTITUTION. 

The Salt Lake Equitable Co-operative Institution, for the 
purpose of engaging in general merchandising, was incorporated 
in 1890, and began business in October of the same year, with 
Mr. Langton, president; Thomas H. Nott, vice-president, the 
directors being: Marcus Metz, Juo. Scofield Sr., and Francis T. 
Bailey, all old operators. The capital stock of the corporation 
is 8100,000. Tliey carry a general stock of merchandise, and 
the enterprise has already proved a boon to the people of Salt 
Lake and Utah. The institution operates by an original plan, 
that of selling goods at low prices and allowing a rebate of five 
ppr cent, on all cash purchases. This system was inaugurated 
with a view to benefit customers paying cash. It has proved to be 
very successful, and has saved the consumers many dollars. The 
company occupy a two-story building, 28x1-10 feet in dimensions, 
at 30 and 32 West First S^ South, and employ fourteen assist- 
ants. Their trade amounts from $12,000 to $14,000 per month, 
and extends pretty well through the entire Territory. 

Mr. Langton, the president and superintendent, came to 
Utah in 1881, and eight years ago founded the Zion's Benefit 
Building Society, a society that has prospered and thriven to a 
remarkable degree. He was also the first man to inaugurate 
the equitable co-operative system in this community. Mr. Lang- 
ton is a firm believer in the success and great future in store for 
Salt Lake, and is naturally interested in every good project for 
her benefit. He is broad and liberal in his views, a public- 
spirited business man, and has the confidence and esteem of the 
community. In his business lie is ably assisted by Mr. Nott, 
recognized as a man of large commercial abilities and an enter- 
prising citizen and gentleman. Mr. Nott is an experienced and 
thoroughly practical man in his line, having for nineteen years 
been in charge of the grocery department of S. P. Teasdell, the 
oldest house in the Territory, and consequently well and amply 
qualified for the position he now holds. 

SALT LAKE HARDWARE CO. 

There is probably no one branch of trade more important 
in its relations, influence and bearing upon the commerce of a 
city than the hardware business. The generic term hardware 
includes all the unclassified manufactures of iron and steel. 
There are no distinct specialties in this market and the various 
industries and demands of the trade are fully supplied by the 
enterprise of the Salt Lake Hardware Co., at 42 and 44 W. 
Second South Street. The stock carried is wonderful, com- 
plete, including every article entering into the general hard- 
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foreign factories and sold at tlie lowest prices. Of the firms 
denliiifj in liardware in tins section none occupy a more promi- 
nent position or conduct their business witli more enterprise 
and intelligence. The present company is a successor to Jas. 
T. Glasby; it was incorporated in 1SS9, and with its ample facil- 
ities and resources, togetber with an excellent business capacity, 
had an immfdiate and marked success, resulting in a trade 
which is steadily iucreasiug each year. The comi)Hny's i>lace 
of business is conveniently located and consists of a building 
30x217 feet in dimensions, containing l(!,0(1l) sriuare feet of tloor 
surface, filled with a stock valued at $()0,(X)(), embracing mis- 
cellaneous articles entering into the trade, general hardware 
for all purposes, builders' and mechanics' tools, miners' and 
contractors' supplies, guns, pistols, ammunition, fishing tackle, 
sporting goods ami house furnishing hardware; also stoves, 
ranges, tin and granite ware. A specialty is made of tin, sheet 
iron and copper work, furnace work and sanitary plumbing. In 
the prosecution of the business of the company sixteen assist- 
ants are employed, including traveling salesman, who can serve 
a large and prosperous trade in I'tah. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, 
Nevada and Colorado, amounting in the aggregate to nearly 
.?'2l10,0()ll per annum. The officers of the company are.T.T. Olasby, 
president, and B. F. Hauer, secretary, who represent and control 
not only one of the largest establishments of its character in 
the West, but one that compares favorably with any in the 
country; standing in the front rank of business houses in re- 
gard to the ([uantity of its stock, extent of its transactions, and 
in the enterprising, energetic and systematic business habits 
and capacity displayed in its management. The gentlemen 
comprising the companv are men of sterling integrity, noted 
for their business ijualittcations and for their unquestioned re- 
liability in all the walks of life. 



D. C. YOUNG. 

Greece and Home in their palmy days awarded the greatest 
dignities and honors to those who excelled in painting, sculpture 
and architecture. The Moors were credited with being a peo- 
ple of unusual refinement and specimens of tlieir architecture, 
which still exist, claim the admiration of lovers of the 
beautiful. 

The character of the public and private buildings of a city 
is a test of the civilization, refinement and enterprise of the 
people. Among the list of accomplished architects in Salt 
Lake, 1). C. Young occupies a leading position. He is an ex- 
perienced and able man in his line, having pursued his pro- 
fession for ten years. He graduated at the College of Engineer- 
ing, Troy, \. Y., in 1S71I, and followed civil engineering for two 
years, but abandoned it to engage in the profession of an archi- 
tect, and though but thirty-six years of age, he has designed a 
number of noted building in the city and Territory, among 
them being the Hotel Templeton, iiniversally recognized as an 
architectural beauty in every respect. He also designed the 
IJrigham Young academy at Prnvo, the Brigham Young college 
at l.ogan, and the church building at Paris, Idaho, in what is 
known as the Hear Lake Stake of Zion. At present he is the 
supervising architect of the magnificent temple building, which 
has occupied nearly all his attention during the past four years. 
He is the architect for the Mormon church, and devotes con- 
siderable time to the designing of churches, schools, and other 
buildings for the Mormon people. His biisiness extends all 
throughout the Territory of Idaho and elsewhere, and his rei)U- 
tation as au artist in his line is unexcelled in any porticm of the 
west. The very fact that he was selected to supervise the work 
of the grand and ma.ssive temple structure is public acknowl- 
edgement of his abilities, and a compliment to his integrity as 
a man. Those in need of the services of a first-class architect 
will find him in the person of Mr. Young, and they will also 
find a gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to transact busi- 
ness. 



WEST LAKE & MIDWAY IMPROVEMENT CO. 

.\mong the institutions that contribute in a large measure to 
the general prosperity of Salt Lake City there is none more 
worthy of notice than the West Lake .t Midway Improvement 
Company, of which E. L. Crow is president, and .\. M. Wood, 
secretary. The business of the enterprise is the investment in 
realty for non-residents, the buying and selling of real estate, 
bonds, securities and other first-class negotial)le paper. The 
company also handles large property interests of its own, 
among such being the West Lake and Midway additions, situ- 
ated on the lines of the Uni<m Pacific and Motor railway com- 
panies, and containing 340 acres. Many modern improvements 



have been made on this desirable property, such as the sinking 
of artesian wells, graded boulevards, streets and alleys, etc. 
The additions are building up rapidly on account of the value 
of the property, the same being within easy reaching distance of 
the business portion of the city, with two lines of railway 
passing the same, the cars of which are run at short intervals, 
two electric car lines building through these properties, and 
to the further fact that the tract is in every way very choice 
property as residence sites. Over 2,5()0 lots have been sold the 
past year, on the majority of which buildings have been erect- 
ed or i)launed for construction. The company offers most lib- 
eral and advantageous inducements and guarantee to make 
terms satisfactory to all who may call on them with a desire to 
invest. The gentlemen at the head of the company are men 
of broad, comprehensive views, at the same time having the 
interests of the city and territory at heart. The company is a 
strong one and fully entitled to the confidence of the public. 



PARKER & DEPUE. 

The lumber busine.ss as much if not more than any other, 
admits of limitless opportunities for the exercise of judgment 
in buying, and as close buying enables a dealer to meet cur- 
rent prices and still retain a margin of profit, the merchant 
that is on the alert in this respect is bound to gain and hold 
his full share of patronage. Salt Lake City has in the firm of 
Parker & Uepue, with office and yard at corner of Second 
South and Third West streets, lumber dealers who are not only 
highly successful in business, and keep in stock all kinds and 
grades of lumber, but are prompt in filling orders. Their long 
and diversified experience enables them to take advantage of 
the rise and fall in prices and supply the lumber demand of 
this city and territory with dispatch and satisfaction, 

Parker & Depne is an incorporated company, with F. 
L. Parker, president, and D. .\. Depue, secretary and 
treasurer. The capital stock is stated at 880,0(10, and 
annual business, which amounts to over 81lK),000, is 
constantly increasing. The trade in all parts of Utah is sup- 
plied from their yards, where may be found a complete stock 
of hard woods such as walnut, oak, ash, cherry, gum, sycamore 
etc., as well as a large quantity of common lumber, and a full 
stock of rustic siding, T. and G. flooring, lath, shingles. East, 
lake doors and finish, blocks, etc. Imported and Ameri can 
cements and building papers may also be procured of this 
firm; in fact everything that comes within the province of the 
lumber dealer is always in stock. Mr. Parker is originally 
from Abilene, Kan., and familiar with the business in detail, 
while Mr. Depue has had five years' experience in the handling 
of lumber and lumber products, and is a young man, enterpris- 
ing and of progressive ideas, with a thorough business edu- 
cation. 

Mr. Kelsey, the senior member of the firm, has been engaged 
in the lumbering trade for the past ten years, and ranks high in 
the estimation of all who know him. 

The firm is noted for its liberal terms, low prices and hon- 
oraljle business methods. 



DR. DANIEL C. LEEKA. 

The practitioners of the city in their character reflect the 
general worth of the community. Salt Lake City may lay 
claim to being fortune and merited deserts in this respect, as 
the professiims are represented by energetic, able and con- 
scientious men of the younger school. In the dental field a 
name promhiently identified with success is that of Dr. D. C. 
Leeka, who has made wonderful progress in the practice of his 
chosen profession. Dr. l.eeka was born in Indiana, twenty-three 
years ago. His early education was derived from a preceptor in 
Cincinnati, after wliich he studied dentistry and was admit- 
ted to practice in ISS.'i. During his career he has been associated 
with Dr. De Johns, of Cincinnati, and with Dr. Dwight Danville, 
Illinois, and has during the term of his service in Salt Lake 
City been in a general dental practice, and receiving the full- 
est recognition and patronage. His parlors are conveniently 
located at 2(5 West Second South street, and are tastefully fur- 
nished, while his work is and has been uniformly satisfactory. 
The fjentleman is still unmarried and in the practice of his pro- 
fession has thus far found it unnecessary to appeal to political 
or fraternal afliliation to aid him in furthering the business in 
which merit has already firmly established. He is thoroughly 
ac(iuainted with all branches of his chosen art. from the lowest 
to the highest, and the hosts of friends he has made since com- 
ing here rejoice at his success. 



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H. A. TUCKETT. 

The manutaoture of candies and confections has in the 
past few years assumed wonderful proportions; iu fact, has 
become one of the chief industries of the nation. In Salt 
Lake there are several industries of this kind, but the H. A. 
Tuckett Candy Co. is the largest in the territory. It was in- 
corporated in 1889, although the house has been in operation 
for ten years, and deals in candies, nuts, tigs, dates, confec- 
tions, paper bags, twine, etc., also being sole 
agents for Fritz Bros, tine cigars. The 
establishment manufactures for the trade 
only, and does a business covering 
the Territories and States of Utah, 
Nevada. Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and 
Colorado. The machinery of the plant is 
driven by an engine of 20-horse power, 
while the equipments and appointments of 
the plant itself are full, complete and appli- 
cable. The premises occupied at 850 E. 
Ist South, are 30x100 feet in dimensions, 
and with improvements completed will cover 
an area of 10x20 rods. A. force of forty-two 
experienced and expert operatives are em- 
ployed and the annual business is quoted at 
»1.50,000. The officers are: H. A. Tuckett, 
president; Bird Murphy, vice president, and 
Chas. Livingston, secretary and treasurer, 
all men of acknovvledged business abil- 
ity and prominent in the City. Mr. Tuckett, 
originally from St. Louis, has resided in 
Utah for thirty-seven years and may there- 
fore be justly regarded as one of Salt Lake's 
pioneers. Messrs. Livingston and Jlurphy 
were born in Salt Lake City and are 
deeply interested iu all that appertains to 
her welfare. 

The company has secured a tract of land 
near the P. R. R. depot, upon which it is 
erecting a new five story brick factory, a 
portion of which is already completed. This 
improvement on the part of the company 
is made necessary by the steady increase of 
business, and will prove an ornament to that 
portion of the city, as also a monument to the enterprise of 
its promoters and builders. 



F. AUERBACH BROS. 

The establishment of F. Auerbach Bros, is a leading one in the 
dry-goods trade, and has been brought to a high standard in 
all its departments. It was founded in 1864, by Messrs. P. H. 
& S. H. Auerbach, the present proprietors, on a comparatively 
small scale, which has increased to such an extent that the 
house at the present time handles an average stock of $250,000, 
and does an annual business of over 8500,000, their trade cov- 




SIERRA NEVADA LUMBER CO. 

The lumber industries of Utah, and especially of Salt Lake 
City, are among the many iutlueutial factors that go to make 
up its progress and development. The Sierra Nevada Lumber 
Company is one of the "pioneer" industries in Salt Lake, having 
been established in 1871, and incorporated in 1887 with the 
present management. The average amount of stock carried 
ranges from S50,OO0 to .575,000 and the annual amount of busi- 
ness transacted foots up the enormous sum of $350,000. The 
number of men employed is thirty-five and the trade of the 
company extends through Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. 
The plant occupies three hundred and fifty square rods, and is 
opposite the U. P. freight depot. The office and lumber yard 
face the depot, with the planing mill and another yard in rear 
facing on West South Temple street, thereby making an "L." 
A forty horse-power engine furuishes the motive power for run- 
ning the mill, which is supplied with all the most modern 
approved machinery. The company carries a large and com- 
plete line of lumber, laths, shingles, doors, windows, blinds, 
mouldings, frames, wood pumps; walnut, oak, ash, cherry and 
Spanish cedar woods. They also make a specialty of stair build- 
ing, mantels, store fronts, counters in hard or soft woods, and 
do mill work to order in all its branches. The officers of the 
corporation are:T. R.Jones, president, and S. .1. Lynn, superin- 
tendent, secretary and treasurer. Tlie president, Mr. Jones, is 
one of the most prominent financial and commercial men in 
the city, being the well-known banker and connected with 
various enterprises of a character to promote the best interests 
of the city. The superintendent, Mr. Lynn, is a man occupying 
a leading position among the business men of Utah and is con- 
nected with a number of industries that are of much influence 
in promoting and building up the country. He is a practical 
man in the line of his avocation and thoroughly understands all 
the details of the same. He is highly esteemed and regarded 
by all who know him; is a silent partner in Jones A: Co.'s bank, 
and, in connection with Mr. .Jones, proprietor of the Nevada 
Lumber Company, also the property on which it is situated. 



THE H. A TUt'KF:TT CANDY COMPANY. 

ering the territories of Utah, Idaho, and parts of Montana, 
Wyoming and Nevada. The establishmei^t is located at 144 to 
148 Main St., in a large three-story brick structure, 44x190 feet, 
and is occupied entirely by the firm for the transaction of its 
enormous trade. In the prosecution of the business fifty em- 
ployes are constantly engaged. 

The .Vuerbach Bros, are natives of Germany, but have been 
citizens of this country for many years, and are men of great 
business ability and force of character. Mr. F. H Auerbach is 
one of the regents of the Deseret University, and one of the 
best known men in the Territory. The Auerbach Bros., 
although yet in the prime of vigorous manhood, have made a 
record of business success, and gained a position second to 
none among the men of commerce in the city of their adoption, 
and who furnish an encouraging example to those who are but 
entering on the struggle of lite. The commercial history of 
Salt Lake has produced but fewexamplesof success so marked 
and substantial as that furnished by their career, and among 
the enterprises representing the vigor and life of Utah's com- 
mercial industries this one is of the most distinctive character. 



MRS. H. CHRISTY. 

For the benefit of our lady readers, we will introduce this 
estimable lady, who occupies an important position iu her pro- 
fession, being recognized as the leading fashionable milliner of 
this city, located at 31 West First South street. Her 
patronage is very extensive among the wealthy class of the 
city, who are not slow to recognize true merit. She sees to it 
that the ladies of Salt Lake are enabled to dress in the latest 
styles which appear in the fashionable centers of the East. 
Her stock also comprises a line of less expensive goods, yet 
such as are in perfect taste, and which are demanded Ijy those 
who do not wish the more costly imported goods. She also 
carries a fine line of ribbons, feathers, flowers, shapes and trim- 
mings of all kinds at prices that make even her competitors 
marvel. 

Enough has been said to convince our lady readers that if 
they are in need of fashionable wearing apparel they should 
call upon Mrs. Christy. They will find her a lady of culture 
and refinement, whose every effort is directed toward the main- 
taining for her establishment the reputation as leader. 




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J. H. WATTS. 

UtiiU is preeminently H niinintj country. At,'riculture is iiu 
establielied industry, but it is from minium; that the most speedy 
and siibstautial returns are expected. In such a state of 
alTairs, it is wise to consiiier the facilities employed in the 
development of minintf and mining industries. Amontj the 
enterprises orfjauized for the purposes indicated is the Tintic 
MiuinK and Milling (Company, represented in Salt Lake by the 
Kentlemau whose name heads this sketch, located at 9 West 
2ud South street. The company was incorporated in IH'.HI, 
with the following,' oHiuers : President, C N. line; Vice-Presi- 
dent, J. P. Sears; Treasurer. J. II. Watts; Secretary, J. H. 
Uowdle, and who. with .1. II. McGhan, from the board of direc- 
tors. The capital stock was fixed at 7(KI,(tOU shares of 81 each. 
The property owned and operated by the company is situated 
in Silver City, Juab county, in the Tintic mining district, and 
has been worktnl for a dozen years. Since the company took 
po.ssession it has sunk a shaft 117 feet ; another shaft fifty feet 
down has been worki>d by former owners, from which ship- 
ments have been made, amounliiifj to 827,01)0 in value. The 
company has invested in a steam power hoist, and employs 
twenty to twouty-tive men. the average pay-roll being .S 2,000 a 
month. The character of the ore removed is porphyry which 
will assay 14.4.')0. A shipment was made in 1S90, to the Mingo 
smelter, which showed 8 per cent, lead and f)7.l ounces of 
silver, with A'.i ounces of gold. A second shipment showed 
8..') percent, of lead, lllj.:i ounces of silver, and the same amount 
of gold as in the preceding consignment. This property is 
valuable for working and the company fluds it pays to keep 
things moving, the outi)Ut being abundantly commensurate 
with the cost of operation, leaving a handsome percentage for 
profit. Utah mines are good property and theTintic district is 
known to miners everywhere as particularly rich and consist- 
ent in its output with the number of good paying mines con- 
stantly increasing over those which have been worked out. It 
is a country where the investment of a very little money is 
bouuil to result well, if placed in the hands of au established 
industry. The grade of ore coming from the Tintic Mining and 
.Milling Company's property will be seen to be very good; in 
fact much superior to the majority of mines which are being 
operated as certain enrichers of stockholders, even now. 

T. J. ANGELL LUMBER COMPANY. 

In all cities noted for enterprise and progress in commercial 
affairs and growth in population, there are no more efficient and 
substantial contributors toward those desirable ends than 
branches of industry connected with the building interest. 
Through their enterprise, exertions and the practical knowledge 
of the proprietors, cities are built, adorned and made attractive. 
In growing cities like Salt Lake men who are conversant with 
lumber business, practically acciuainted with its details, and 
withal, energetic, determined and industrious, are valuable 
acquisitions to its trade and aids to its progress. Such men are 
the members of the T. J. Angell Lumber Company, possessing, as 
they do, a practical knowledge of the business in all its depart- 
ments, a knowledge acquired by long connection with the 
Lumber trade of Salt Lake City. The business was started in 
1S89, by .\ngell Bros., the present firm succeeding them in 
September. IH'.tl. The grounds occupied at 62.^ State St., are 
129x10.") feet in dimensions, on which are located their oflice and 
yards. The stock carried is valued about $20,000. and includes 
all kinds of lumber, laths, shingles, fence posts, etc. They 
also carry a full line of builders' hardware. Their trade 
extends all over L'tah. and foots up the handsome sum of 
SHO.OOO per annum, a good showing for a firm which has been 
in business but two years. Fifteen hands are kept constantly 
busy receiving, delivering and shipping. Socially and in busi- 
ness affairs these gentlemen well deserve the respect accorded 
them. Possessing the (lualities which go to make up cviltured 
intelligence and honorable business men — character and repu- 
tation — it could not be otherwise. 



GEO. M. CANNON. 

Among those operative industries which contribute most 
directly to the prosperity of growing cities and towns, there 
are none whose influence and energy are more worthy of 
recognition than those of the dealer iu real estate. Prominent 
among the businef s men of this class in Salt Lake stands Mr. 
Gf o. M. ( annon. who began operations in lt-8lj in company 
with his brother, John M. Cannon. The latter, however, 
shortly after the formation of the firm, entered the law depart- 



ment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he 
graduated, and is now one of the rising young attorneys of Salt 
Lake, and interested with his brother in the ownership of some 
valuable realty in that city, Mr. (J. M. Cannon, in additiim to 
handling real estate on commission, being a large realty owner 
himself. He is the principal owner of Forest Dale additirm to 
Salt Lake, one of the finest suburb tracts of land in the West, 
and the largest addition southeast of Liberty Park. Together 
with his association, Mr. Cannon was instrumental in securing 
the extension of the lines of the rapid transit company to this 
addition, the contract with the railway company rei|uirii)g the 
latter to build their track to Mr. Cannon's property, and furnish 
a continuous service at a minumum rate of fare for twenty 
years, the latter |)ayiug therefor a bonus of 821,0011 to the 
railroad company. Northeast of this property and on the same 
line of railway lies the Perkins Hoiilevard addition, also owned 
by Mr. Cannon, and of which he has already disposed of 
a large numberof lots, thesalesfrom the same amountiugto 875,- 
000 in six months. These additions are admirably located, and 
are among the most desirable properties in the city for residence 
purposes. They are situated high and dry above the level of the 
surrounding tracts, covered in many cases with beautiful shade 
trees,conveuient and accessible to business by means of the liapid 
Transit railway, and destined to be a favorite dwelling place for 
the home loving people of Salt Lake. He also loans eastern 
capital and is well known throughout the Territory as a safe reli- 
able man with whom to do business. He was County Recorder 
for six years and during his term of office acquainted himself 
with locations, titles and values, a knowledge of which has been 
very useful to him iu his present business. Mr. Cannon has 
the esteem and confidence of the business men and citizens of 
Salt Lake, and his judgment on real estate and other invest- 
ments, is considered sound. 



CARTHEY & DUMBECK. 

Simultaneous with the erection of many new and costly 
buildings now going up in Salt Lake City, the various lines of 
business brought into play in their construction and ecjuip- 
ment are being established and perfected. Asthis development 
continues and the buildings are constructed higher and hud- 
dled closer together, the necessity for improved sanitary 
arrangements, water supply, heating apparatus, etc., is 
redoubled. The past few years have witnessed wonderful 
strides in the direction of a better sanitary system for populous 
cities, and the men whose business it is to make provision for 
the removal of refuse in buildings constructed according to 
modern ideas must adopt and be prepared to include the latest 
improved arrangements for this purpose. 

Salt Lake City is building a splendid foundation in this 
respect. All of her largest and best buildings are being fitted 
with every available improvement designed for comfort or con- 
venience, and the plumber is an important factor in securing 
this end. 

The firm of Carthey A- Dumbeck is among the foremost in 
its line, and provided with plumbers and steam titters able to 
perform their work as thoroughly and satisfactorily as any 
concern of the kind in the United States. The firm, some time 
since, succeeded to the business of Igo A Carthey. long estab- 
lished in Salt Lake City, and maintain the highest reputation 
for skill and reliability. 

They are located at No. 302 South West Temple street, 
occupying a building ]Gx42. with a warehouse to the rear '20x25 
feet in dimensions and well equijjped. 

The gentlemen composing the firm are skilled workmen, 
thoroughly experienced, and fully prepared to execute contracts 
re(iuiring the exercise of professional skill and first-class work. 

During the past year their business amounted to more than 
$25,000. emphasizing their reputation as faithful ard responsi- 
ble artisans, deserving of the full measure of confidence (hey 
enjoy, and their ability to respond to requisitions made upon 
their services promptly and satisfactorily. 



JOSEPH WM. TAYLOR. 

The natural desire is strong in the hearts of loving friends 
and relatives to pay the last sad tribute of love and respect to the 
dear departed in as gentle, appropriate and refined manner as 
possible, the final details of which are generally left to the un- 
dertaker. In the City of Salt Lake there is no man better 
qualitied to fill this position than Joseph Wm. Taylor, under- 
taker and embalmer. Mr. Taylor has had an experience of 
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qualified for all the peculiar requirements of the same. His 
establishment occupies a two-story brick building at 21 and 23 
South West Temple Street, provided with all conveniences, 
including telephone service, and his business extends to all 
points in Utah and Idaho. His stock is large and varied, and 
his line of metallic caskets, burial cases, shrouds and robes is 
second to none in the West. His hearses are among the most 
elegant in the city; his assistants are well trained, polite and 
respectful, and the establishment is complete in all its details. 



and merit in the mercantile ranks, and is highly regarded and 
esteemed by an extensive circle of friends throughout the city 
and Territory. 

C. O. VALENTINE & CO. 

Prominent among the new enterprises of Salt Lake City the 
firm of Valentine & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in fish, 
oysters, fruits, game, etc., occupy a leading position. The firm 
has a convenient and well-equipped building, No. .54 Market 




WASATCH BUILDING, SALT LAKE CITY. 



Much of the success Mr. Taylor has acnieved is due to his 
estimable character, refined nature and courteous deportment, 
as also his business qualifications. As would naturally be 
inferred Mr. Taylor's refined tastes incline him to the selection 
and purchase of the highest grades of goods in his line, at the 
same time keeping cheaper but well-chosen goods for such of 
his patrons as cannot afford to indulge their more expensive 
tastes. 

No undertaker of the present day would think of asking the 
patronage of the public without the ability to serve them with 
the most approved and scientific process of embalming. 
Mr. Taylor having availed himself of every advantage in the 
acquisition of this difficult science is prepared to give the public 
the benefit of his skill with the assurance of satisfactory results. 
He was born in Salt Lake City, is a gentleman well and favor- 
ably known all over the Territory, a man of recognized worth 



Row, West First South Street, and keep a constant supply of 
fresh goods on hand. They receive daily fresh oysters from 
Baltimore and New York, extensively handling the celebrated 
"C'rowu" and "Shield" brands, pronounced by epicurfs to be 
of a very superior quality! They receive fish fresh from the 
lakes and streams of California and Wisconsin, and are in daily 
receipt of all kinds of game and fruit in season, a specialty 
being made of the best goods. By this means they have built 
up a large and increasing trade, and will, in the near future, 
open a branch establishment at Ogden. Mr. Valentine is 
from Wisconsin, while Mr. Sears claims Ohio as his native 
place. Both of these gentlemen are fine business men, posses- 
sing good judgment, and fully alive to the wants of the trade to 
which they minister. They are men of enterprise and energy, 
and possess all the qualifications indispensable to success in 
commercial life. 



SHELLEY & BUECKHARTT. 

The Messrs. Shelley Aliurckhartt have opened up one of the 
most unique show rooms in the country, at 221 South Main 
street. The apartment is 22.\(;o feet in size, with every con- 
venience and equipment for an advantageous display of their 
respective lines. Their business is collectinj; and disposinjj of 
the must beautiful, rare, and wonderful specimens of (luartz, 
mineral petrifactions, jewels, furs and curios ; also manutnctur- 
ing them into tasteful, and attractive articles. It has been tlitlicult 
at times to convince many visitors that gems and stones of 
variegated beauty and great value were indigenous to Utah. 
Hut this is being gradually overcome and not only do the 
gems and precious stones further on described astonish, but 
the birds, sknis, and furs, exhibited by the firm are sources of 
wonder and admiration. One of the wall adornments is said 
be among the huest specimens of grizzly bear skins ever exhib- 
ited. It measures nine feet by six one half feet and is in a 
state of perfect preservation, ft was taken from one of the 
largest bears ever killed in L'tah. lis dead weight was l,42ll 
!t)s., at the time of its capture in the l^iamoud mountains. 
Perhaps the most curious and uniciue as well as beautiful con- 
V)inations of art and nature in their collections, is a feather 
or bird-skin robe, the production of natives of Patagonia, 
South America, and containing in its wonderfnl make up, the 
skins of over three hundred birds. It was brought here at 
great expense and it is said to be the only one of the kind in 
the Uinted States. They also have a large display of beautiful 
and costly furs both native and imported, and their jewelry 
cases are replete with gems and jewels, the beauty of which 
together with tlie reasonable terms upon which they can be 
purchased are matters of surprise. The rocky mountain agate 
in every variety, highly polished and made into a thousand 
elegant and useful articles, the onyx with all its beautiful 
shade and lints, is found there, its highly polished faces resolved 
into things of beauty to prove a joy lo many forever. 

The Utah topaz may be found in many stores in the city 
but Messrs. Shelley .t IJurckhartt appear to have been for- 
tunate in obtaining a most beautiful assortment of these prec- 
ious gems. They are of unusual size and in every known tint. 
The ruby, another of Utah's gems, so plentiful that it is said 
'•they can beehoveled up out of the creekbeds," can be found 
possessing beautiful colors and well cut, in this house of gems. 
Garnets of great size and value are also kept in stock and 
although no pearls are known to have been grown in Utah, a fine 
quality of crystal, resembling the genuine diamond so nearly 
that only the experienced lapidary can distinguish them, is 
obtainable. In addition to these Shelley & Burckhartt, carry 
a superior collection of Utah diamonds and invoices of 
another gem beauty that the great " Rockies " boast of, 
emerald, aquamarine. This is prized very highly, especially by 
ladies,'ou account of its diamond-like quality of retaining its bril- 
liancy by lamp light; they are mostly iu green shades, but 
some times of a beautiful blue. The sapphire, the ancient name 
of which was "llyacintlius,"'on account of its resembling the 
beautiful blue of that tlower, is also to be found, together 
with the carbuncle, perhaps one of the most brilliant of 
gems, it belongs to the same family as the garnet, the 
"pyrope," and is found among the jewels of kings and queens. 
Their collections are very fascinating, not only naked gems 
but the ingenious work exhibited iu the very numerous vari- 
ety of articles they are worked into. One very pretty thing is 
the pure spar of carbonate or pure sulphite of lime, made up 
into necklaces, paper knives, jewel boxes, etc; the agate sar- 
donyx and onyx, made into jewel boxes, penholders and other 
beautiful and useful things that one must see to fully appre- 
ciate and believe. 

The -Messrs. Shelley & Burckhartt are gentlemen accomp- 
lished in the profession in which they have many years expe- 
rience. Their I'ollection is complete and their business methods 
inspire confidence and admiration. 



SEARS & JEREMY CO. 

With the rapid growth and increase of population in Utah, 
the business of Hour, produce and grain, has largely increased 
throughout the Territory, and the transactions of some firms 
engaged in this line of trade, are enormous in volume, especi- 
ally is this the case in Salt Lake, in proof of which it is only nec- 
essary to cite the public to the firm of Sears & Jeremy Com- 
pany, wholesale and retail dealers in Hour, produce, grain, seeds 
and provisions. The enterpriee is one of the oldest in its 
character in the city, having been founded fourteen years 
ago by Mr. Isaac Sears, becoming incorporated in 1891, 



with Isaac Seaars, president and manager; C. 11. Spencer 
vice-president ; Thos. E. Jeremy, treasurer, and C K. Silver- 
wood, secretary. The above gentlemen, together with Isaac 
M. Warded and Ethan J. Jeremy, comprise the board of direc- 
tors, all of whom are old residents, and well and favorably 
known throughout the Territory. The office and salesroom of 
the company are at Xo. Gd, First South West street, while their 
larger warehouse is located near the railroad track. The cor- 
poration, besides handling large shipments of grain, hay and gar- 
den seeds annually, are agents for the Ogden -Mill and Klevator 
tiour, said to be the finest in the market. The company has a 
capital stock of S50,0L:il and does an annual business of $250,- 
000, which is an enormous sum for one firm, when the fact is 
taken into consideration that their trade is confined to Utah 
alone. All the officers and directors, are prominent men in the 
city, the treasurer, Mr. Thos. E. Jeremy, having formerly been 
a member of the city council. Both the latter and the presi- 
dent, Mr. Sears, are largely interested in sheep raising; also in 
other enterprises that tend to develop the country, and are 
thorough enterprising business men, having the welfare of their 
city always in view. In all respects the members of this 
corporation have achieved an elevated position and are worthy 
representatives of the commercial interests of Salt Lake. 



MeELWEE. PIERCE & GODDARD AND WEST- 
ERN SCHOOL FURNISHING CO. 

"Necessity," it is said, "is the mother of inveution," and 
"demand the regulator of trade." And when the Territory of 
Utah and the surrounding states and territories began to be 
thickly settled, the people, recognizing the value of fine educa- 
tional facilities, commenced at once to organize and equip with 
all the latest facilities numerous schools, until now, as will be 
seen by reference to the statistics on the schools of Utah, that it 
possesses the largest, most numerous, and successful schools 
of any State in the Union of equal size or number of inhabit- 
ants.' In 188(), A. M. NcElwee, realizing the demand and 
necessity of a business house which made a specialty of these 
lines, became the founder of the respective firms whose names 
head this article ; since that time the enterprise has steadily 
increased. The firm is at present composed of A. M.McElwee, 
W. S. Pierce and B. Goddard, and is located at .^lO and .511 
Constitution building, where they occupy two large and com- 
modious rooms, one of which is used as an oflice and the other 
as a store and salesroom. They employ fiteen traveling sales- 
men, and do an annual business of S4(I.O0O throughout the Ter- 
ritories and States of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Mon- 
tana, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. The business 
represents an investment of S10,()flo, and the special lines are 
Yaggy's geographical and anatomical studies, object lessons, 
school desks and school ap|)urtenauces. The object lessons 
were first used in the instruction of the kindergarten and 
child's studies, but, after no inconsiderable discussion, they 
were adopted as the best and only true methods of learning by 
professors and teachers in public and private schools, and are 
now used in instructing all students, from the youngest lo the 
oldest. 

Mr. McElwee was formerly principal of the public schools 
of Montana, and for many years a leading merchant of that 
State. Mr. Pierce was formerly a mine owner, and is now 
largely interested in mining property of Utah, and Mr. God- 
dard, formerly connected with the Brigham Young .\cademy, 
of Provo, has been a school teacher for many years, in which 
profession he is a gentleman of acknowledged abilities. 

The Western School Furnishing Company is operated in 
connection with the business of McElwee, Pierce it Goddard 
under the direction of members of that firm, as also of Prof. 
G. M. -V. Parker, who has been in the business many years, 
during which he has been employed as salesman and manager 
for some of the largest furniture and school supply houses iu 
the country. The firm make a specialty of the Orion school 
desk and all kinds of school and church furniture, from the 
smallest to the largest and most commodious appurtenances, 
and the business extends throughout the same territory as that 
of McElwee, Pierce & Goddard. 

The firm, as a whole, is an exceptionally strong one, fully 
entitled to the public confidence and esteem its members enjoy 
in both their business and social life. 

The importance of a large commercial institution to any 
city cannot be over-estimated, and the industry under consid- 
eration is one valuable to the city in general, and a most 
potent factor in the development of the welfare and resources 
of Utah. 




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JOHN C. CUTLER & BRO. 

Commerce, merchandiziug or trade, by whichever title cue 
may select tci desitjiiate it, is as old as the commeneemeut of 

civilizatioD. When it 
began is unknown. 
Trade was first divided 
into generic systems 
during the fifteenth cen- 
tury by the Venetians, 
whose commerce em- 
braced the whole world, 
as then known, and 
since that time com- 
mercial houses have 
[^ come to be divided into 
S' two great classes, those 
which deal in staples, 
and those which deal 
in mere luxuries. At 
the head of the former 



carried on, thirty skilled hands, all ladies, except the foreman, 
are employed. The gentlemen composing the firm have been 
residents of Utah since their youth, and are among the most 
prominent business men of the community, Mr. John C. Cutler 




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class stand those" which 
provide and deal in arti- 
cles constantly used for 
public consumption. 
I'rominent among such 
dealers in 8alt Lake City, 
is the firm of John C. 
Cutler A- Bro., at No. 36 
Old Constitution Huild- 
ing. These gentlemen 
have been agents for the 
Provo Woolen Mills for 
the past seventeen years, 
and in that time have 
built up a trade averag- 
ing 8200,000 to .^250,000 annually, extending throughout the 
entire country west of Chicago, and giving employment to a 
force of experienced and accomplished salesmen, clerks, etc. 
.\ stock valued at a tigure approximating S75,(lll0, is kept con- 
stantly on hand, including flannels, liudseys, yarns, cloths, 
repellents, hosiery, men's underwear, overshirts and other 
woolen goods, etc., products, as stated, of the celebrated 




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IN MILLS 




JOSEPH G. CUTLER. 

woolen'[mills of Provo. In connection with the agency, the 
firm carries on a large tailoring business, in which men's suits 
are made to order from Provo cloth exclusively. In this 
department twenty experienced operatives, all of them skilled 
artiste in their trade, are employed, and make up suits from 
the most elaborate designs known to the art of fashion. In 
the knittiBg department, in which the manufacture of hose is 




JOHN C. (TTLEli. 

being one of the directors of the Deseret National Bank. 
They are identified with the interests of Salt Lake City in a 
large degree, and universally recognized as men of superior 
ability and commercial worth. 



FULLER & YOUNG. 

The business of Real Estate and Insurance is an important 
factor in the material prosperity of any community and the 
trained and responsible agent occupies an important position. 
It is necessary to the safe and satisfactory transaction of busi- 
ness that he be a man of good judgment, liberal views, impreg- 
nable integrity and probity of character. The firm of Fuller 
& Young was organized in 1875, and is consequently the 
pioneer firm in its line in Salt Lake. Although there has been 
a number of changes in the firm since its inauguration, the 
senior member, Mr. Fuller, has always remained with it, and 
has been known prominently in many of the large realty trans- 
actions of the committee. The firm at present is composed of 
Wm. Fuller and Heber Young, the latter being a son of the 
late Brigham Young. They occupy convenient and comfort- 
i;ble quarters at 110 Main Street, where they employ a force of 
five assistants. Their business is principally of a local 
character and they handle some of the most available and 
desirable properties in Salt Lake, also representing a large 
number of insurance oompauies conspicuously celebrated for 
their solvency, liberal rates and the prompt adjuetment of 
losses, among which are the Manhattan Life, Svea. Palatine, 
Prussian National, Hamburg-Magdeburg, New Hampshire, 
Union, United States, Buffalo, German, Newark, Jersey City, 
Syndicate, Knoxville and British American Fire Companies. 
They do a large busine.'^s and enjoy a well-earned reputation in 
business, financial and insurance circles throughout the West. 

Mr. Fuller was born in London, England, but has virtually 
grown up with the city and territory, having resided here for 
forty-one years. He is one of the most prominent men in the 
city on all matters pertaining to the interests and welfare of 
Salt Lake, and a gentleman of sterling integrity and force of 
character. Mr. Young was born in Nauvoo. 111., but accom- 
panied his father to Utah in early life. He entered the firm in 
1886, and by untiring energy and a steady application of bril- 
liant business talents he is known to possess, has increased the 
business to a large extent. He is a gentleman of many sterling 
qualities and universally respected and admired by a very 
large and influential circle of citizens and residents. 

The firm is one of the strongest and most reliable in the 
West, and prompt in all its engagements. 



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CALIFORNIA BREWERY. 

In this age of iidulterations, when, in almost everything one 
eats or drinks, or wears, there is a mixture of the pure with the 
impure, ami tlie genuine with the counterfeit, it is needless to 
say that good beer, made wholly from hops and free from every 
other foreign substanoe, is sometimes ditlioult to obtain. Hap- 
pily for the people of Salt Lake, there is an enterprise within 
her limits (the California Brewery, that, for more than a ijuar- 
ter of a century, lias supplied them with a healthful, pure 
beverage, manufactured principally from the products of 
Utah's fertile fields. Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Henry Wag- 
ener started the enterprise in this city, adopting a high 
standard of excellence in respect to his products, a standard he 
has constantly maintained and improved, anil which now enjoys 
a reputation for purity of ingredients (among which is the 
mountain water that tlows direct from the springs to the brew- 
ery laud health-giving propertiesextendingthroughout the West. 
The plant is located in Emigration Canon, occupying a tract of 
l.')2 acres, forty-two acres of which are taken up by the brewery 
proper and its reipiisite auxiliaries. The capacity of the plant 
is eighty barrels per day, and it turns out at present 8,000 bar- 
rels per annum. It is fully eipiipped with the latest approved 
machinery, |)rovided with the necessary appliances for the 
manufacture of pure, wholesome beer, and employs forty 
experienced assistants. .\ large trade is also supplied from 
the bottling department, and car load lots of export bottled 
beer are daily shipped to ditlerent points in Utah, Idaho and 
Wyoming. 

The brewery proper is a solid, substantial four-story brick 
structure SOxKSO feet in dimensions. A forty-horse power 
eugine furnishes the motive power employed, and as stated, 
the other machinery is of the latest pattern, including improved 
mechanical devices for the manufacture of ice necessary to the 
business, the supply being stored in three ice houses, with a 
total capacity of !S,onO tons. 

The facilities for the rapid transportation of goods are also 
of the best character, the Utah Central railway having laid a 
track direct to its doors. In connection with this, it may be 
proper and interesting to st;ite that Mr. Wagener has, at great 
expense, fitted up a beautiful and pleasant resort, called 
" Wagener's Grove." where parties desiring to spend a few 
pleasant hours 'neath the cool shade of magnificent trees, or 
within cosy buildings, and sip the fresh and foaming nectar, or 
delight the appetite with delicious edibles amid delightful 
surroundings, can do so undisturbed and untrammeled by the 
dictates of fashionable society, or the noise and confusion inci- 
dent to large gatherings. Here, away from the heat and dust 
of the city, the good man of the house, surrounded by his 
family, can pass a pleasant and refreshing hour and thence 
return to his business duties invigorated. The trains of the 
Utah Central road run direct to the grounds, making four 
trips Sundays and holidays. Mr. Wagener, the propri- 
etor of this mammoth enterprise, is a native of (xermany, and 
has resided in Salt Lake since ISdl. He is prominent in com- 
mercial circles, and is recognized a3 a gentleman of high bus- 
iness (jualitications. He is also an honored member of the 
Knights Templar and the Odd Fellows organizations. 

Associated with Mr. Wagener as olKce manager, is Mr. 
Morris Sommer, formerly chief clerk of the House of Represen- 
tatives of Colorado, and for years connected with the Denver A 
Rio Grande Railway Company. 

The business offices of this institution are located at 04 East 
First South street, and 17 and li) Second South, where all 
orders should be addressed. 



SALT LAKE PLUMBING COMPANY. 

The business of plumbing is one of the industries without 
which no city could prosper to any extent. It is really one of 
the necessities of the hour, and a very important auxiliary to 
the successful growth and prosperity of any community, 
especially where the elements of progression prevail. .\n enter- 
prise, therefore, of the character of the Salt Lake Plumbing 
Company is one of the indispensable institutions of a great 
commercial city. The Company began business in November, 
hSilil, and has been very successful in building up a large trade. 
The Company makes a specialty of sanitary plumbing and gives 
prompt attention to all kinds of jobbing. The establishment is 
located at <i6 Kasl Second South Street, in a commodious two- 
story building l.ixl^o feet in dimensions, carries a stock 
valued at S-t,OHO; employs fifty iissistants, and does an annual 
business of SiO.OOO. The field of operation covers Utah only, 
and when this fact is taken into consideration the volume of 



trade that they enjoy is consequently more than creditable to 
the enterprise and workmanship displayed. The Company 
carries none but the best goods of modern style and employs 
the most experienced workmen only, which in a large measure 
accounts for the excellent reputation it bears. The members 
of the Company are W. G. Collett, C. M. Freer and W. 
O'Merrill, all young men and prominent in the commercial 
circles of the city. .Mr. W. G. Collett, the business manager of 
the enterprise, is prominently identified with the political inter- 
ests of the Territory, and for two years ending in August, 1891, 
was a member of the Legislature. He is a man of remarkable 
executive ability, and a gentleman withal who is esteemed and 
honored in all the business, social and political walks of life. 

The industry is one of the most reliable and responsible of 
its nature in the Territory, and the reputation of its members 
for strict integrity and liberal ideas is not only proverbial, but 
a source of great pride and satisfaction to the gentlemen and 
their friends. 



THE HANSON PRODUCE CO. 

There are few business enterprises that have the capacity 
for wider range and scope than the produce and commission 
business. Vev,- persons are aware of the fact that to carry on 
this line of trade with success a higher amount of business 
knowledge is more essential than in the ordinary branches of 
trade. Success in the commission business requires activity 
and energy, and keen business tact. Among the firms in Salt 
Lake City that are considered the most prominent and intiu- 
ential in this trade is The Hanson Produce Company, which 
does a general commission and produce business at <>!} South 
West Temple Street. The company began operations in 1SS9, 
and has been very successful from its inception. It has a cap- 
ital amply sufficient for its umlertaking, and possessing a com- 
prehensive knowledge of the requirements and responsibilities, 
together with the straightforward manner of transacting busi- 
ness is a sufficient guarantee of continued success. The firm 
is composed of F. W. and H. B. Hanson, and the enterprise oc- 
cupies a large two-story and basement building, in a conven- 
ient location for its business. From eight to ten assistaots are 
employed and the trade extends through Utah, Idaho, Colo- 
rado and Wyoming, the annual sales amounting to au enor- 
mous sum. The firm also has a large house in Denver, whose 
office is at 1013 1G15 Market Street, which transacts annually a 
business that cannot be excelled in its line in the western 
country. The firm handles California and Utah fruits and 
vegetables in season, are agents for the celebrated ' Diamond " 
brand of creamery butter, owners of the popular brands of 
"Diadem," "Ayrshire" and " Cascade" creamery butter, and 
\A. and BB fruits; general western agents for the famous 
"Gold Xugget"oleo and " Crown " brand full cream cheese. 
They are wholesale dealecs in butter, eggs, cheese, salt, smoked 
fish, foreign and domestic fruits, and handle hams and other 
cured meats, for which they receive large orders almost daily. 
The Salt Lake house is in charge of Mr. F. W. Hanson, while 
his brotner manages the Denver establishment. Through long 
experience in the business in which they are engaged, a thor- 
ough knowledge of every detail and a high reputation for in- 
tegrity and fair dealing, this firm is justly entitled to the con- 
fidence in which it is held by the trade. 



H. YOUNG & CO. 

A first-class jewelry establishment is one of the most attrac- 
tive and elegant industries of a community. Especially is this 
the case when the parties conducting the same are known 
to be practical men in every respect. The institution that 
heads this article, the house of H. Young ,t Company, was 
founded in 18H0, and has enjoyed a successful career of eleven 
years. The company is composed of II. Young and W. C. 
Staines, both old citizens and favorably known as men of 
ability in their line. They occupy commodious premises at 
110 Main street, and carry complete stocks, including a full 
invoice of jewelry and watches of the latest and most approved 
style, together with diamonds and other precious stones, ster- 
ling silverware, silver-plated ware, etc. The firm makes a 
specialty of repairing jewelry and watches, and, in this line, 
has gained a reputation for excellence fully attested by the 
large and growing business conducted, requiring the assistance 
of five experienced operatives, specially selected because of 
their superior skill. 

-Ml work and all goods offered by the house is warranted to 
be of the character and ijuality represented, and the high stand- 
ing of the gentlemen, both in business and social circles, is a 
conclusive guarantee of reliability in all matters pertaining to 
the business. 



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SALT LAKE STABLES. 

For tweuty-two years the property kuown as the Salt Lake 
Stables, No." 228 South Main street, has been known to 
every resident of Salt Lake as the leading place of 
business of its kind in this country. About a year ago, 
Henry and J. W. Carrigan, better known as Car- 
rigan Bros., took charge of the place and since that time have 
caused its reputation to become so extended that the common 
expression among those who want to hire a single horse or 
team is, " Let"s go down to t'arrigans'." The firm have about 



I. Jay. S. was sired by Tramp No. 308 (sire of 9 in 2:30 list), 
1st dam Delaney, full sister to Bashaw, Jr., record 2:24J^ and to 
Yellow Bird, dam of Trampoline, 2:23, and to Flaxey, 
dam of Sunshine, 2:29-3, ^Y Green's Bashaw, sire of 16 in 2:3(1 
list. Tramp No. 308, sired by Gage's Logan (son of Rysdyk's 
Hambletonian), 1st dam Elliott, mare (dam of Wild Bashaw, 
sire of Black Diamond, 2:28) by Abdallah, sire of Kysdyk's 
Hambletonian. (Sage's Logan (sire of Skinkles' Hambleton- 
ian, 2 :28''4 and the dam of Hambletonian Bashaw, 2:21 '4, and 
Diatonic, 3 years old, record 2:20), by Eysdyk's Hambletonian ; 
Ist dam Lady Wallace, by Ohio Chief. Green's Bashaw No. 




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thirty horses of their own and keep only the best stock. Every 
known conveyance from the dainty phaeton to the staple sur- 
rey, can be found there and the only aim of the owners is to 
please their patrons. They employ a large force of men and 
are amply prepared for any demands that may be made upon 
them. The premises are ample, the building being 90x1.50 feet 
and one and one half stories in height. They do a splendid 
business in boarding horses and at their stables all the best 
stock of the city can be found. The brothers are old 
residents of Utah Territory and are thorough horesmen. Mr. 
J. W. Carrigan is the owner of the celebrated horse I. .Jay S. 
with a record of 2:25i^ as a stallion, and is also the owner of 
several other tine animals. 

Both gentlemen are extensive real estate owners, and are 
gentlemen who have gain an eminence in the world of trade 
and credit only achieved upon a basis of strict integrity, and 
honest representation. They have the best turnout in the city, 
and present a picture of the famous I. Jay. S. with pedigree to 
patrons. 



!50(sireof 1(5 in 2:30 list, including Josephus, 2:19''4, and Fred 
Douglas, 2:2014). by Varnold's Blaekhawk ; 1st dam Belle, by 
Weber's Tom Thumlj ; 2ud dam, the Charles Kent mare, the 
dam of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. He is very stylish, very 
speedy, and a sure foal-getter ; has a three-year old record of 
2-41 ; a four- year old record of 2:37i4, and a five-year old record 
of 2:30, in the fifth heat of a race, which is no measure of his 
speed, he having shown quarters in 34J.5 sec, a 2:18 gait, lie 
should trot in 2:20. His record for 1890 is 2:2514. He is a 
perfect-gaited trotter ; no race too long for him. I have the 
utmost confidence in his ability to sire speed, as all his colts 
are fine-gaited and handsome. None have yet been trained, 
but all show natural speed. 

W. E. WARE. 

Among the list of accomplished architects in Salt Lake, 
W. E. Ware stands as one of the most conspicuous. Although 
he has been a resident of the city for but two years, his ability 




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was soon reco^'iiized, ami his progress has been rapid and solid. 
Mr. Ware has made designs for residences a specialty, and 
some of the tiiiest houses in Salt Lake have been erected 
according to his formulated plans. He begau his career as an 
architect in Denver some four years ago, and, while a resident 
of that city, designed the St. tieorge Terrace, a building con- 
structed of red and gray sandstone, and declared to be one 
of the finest, architecturally and otherwise, in the West. He 
also superintended the construction of the Laramie, Wyoming, 
chemical works, a magnificent structure that cost over S15U,- 
0(10. and other noted edifices. Mr. Ware is a native of Massa- 
chusetts, and is a young man of decided abilities in his 
profession, as also a gentleman of high social qualificationB, 
ami is known to be an important member of the community, 
not oidy as an artist, but as a citizen who has aided, in no small 
degree, the development and advancement of his adopted 
home. His ollice is in tha magNiflcent Hooper block, on East 
First South street. 



L. S. WHITEHEAD. 

Among the industries of Salt Lake that go to make up a 
sum total of the greatness to which she is rapidly approaching 
in the matter of commercial superiority, there are some, though 
not generally considered by the public as having any direct 
bearing on the prosperity of the city, that are nevertheless 
potent factors in fhe roles of convenience and general prosper- 




ity. Prominent among such establishments is the one owned 
and controlled by L. S. Whitehead, mattress manufacturer, etc. 
The business was founded by Mr. Whitehead to supply a long 
felt want, and that the public appreciates the convenience he 
has afforded by his enterprise and industiy is shown in the 
large and increasing patronage that he is enjoying. Mr. White- 
head does a general business of manufacturing mattresses, 
steam carpet cleaning and renovating feathers, etc. He 
occupies a large and commodious building provided with an 
engine of ten horse-power which operates the modern machin- 
ery necessary for the rapid transaction of his immense business 
He employs seven assistants and his payroll will amount toS3,00o 
annually. He is the proprietor of the only industry of its kind 
in Salt Lake and does a satisfactory business. Mr. Whitehead 
has been a resident of Utah for ten years and is one of Salt 
Lake's most representative business men, of broad and liberal 
views and fully indenfitied with the best interests of the city of 
his adoption. D 



A. REIF. 



It is gratifying to note the advancement made in modern 
architecture during the past century; to note the changes from 
the cumbersome old designs o' the 18th to the more ornate of 
the 19tb. And when one stops to consider the reasons why such 
conditions exist, the conclusion arrived at is similar to that 
reached in every other improvement. It is expressed in the 
word Education. There is in Salt Lake City a man, Mr. A. 
Reif, who is deserving of more than an ordinary amount of 
approval. Decided upon the position he would occupy at an 
early age and keeping that thought uppermost has devoted a 
lifetime of study to the profession, with the result that he is 
now at the head of the army of men who constitute his class. 
Professor Reif is 40 years of age and was bom iu Germany. 



He received his training in the Polytechnic Institute of the 
Empire and began his active career there H) years ago by 
accepting the position of teacher of Engineering and Architect- 
ural Drawing. After following thi.. important position for five 
years, during which time his time was divided between two of 
the leading academies, he went to IJelgium. He has since 
resided in ,\ew York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago, 
afterward going to San Diego, California, where he lived for 
five years. In 188!) he was attracted by the increase in build- 
ing in Salt Lake City and came hither. His record here has 
been a history of remarkable professional achievements, the 
Hooper Block, Clayton Block, Fair Building and the Anerbach 
Building having been erected under his supervision. He was 
superintendent for Architect Kletting for a year and some of 
the finest of that gentleman's work was done under hie man- 
agement. Prior to coming here he erected four of the finest 
business blocks in San Diego. Prominent builders, contrac- 
tors, artists, etc., commend his services in the declaration that 
Mr. Keif is one of the leading architects in the country. He is 
a member of the Odd Fellows and is married. In politics he is 
a democrat. His studio is at 69 West First South Street. 



DAVID T. KEILLER. 

Mr. David T. Keiller, architect and superintendent, is 
one of the leading men in his profession in Utah. He was 
educated to the profession of an architect, but recently ac- 
cepted the position of chief engineer of the dinirrh W'ater 
and Land Company, of Salt Lake, and is now giving that po- 
sition his exclusive attention. 

He was born in Scotland in 1848 and studied in an institu- 
tion in Perth. He practiced in his native country for a year 
and then came to America. This was 28 years ago. He began 
in New York City, but later moved to Cleveland; thence to 
ECansas City and Denver, coming to Salt Lake about two years 
ago. That he is a competent man is evidenced by the fact that 
for 10 years he held the position of chief draughtsman in the 
department of docks of New York City, and resigned to bet- 
ter his condition. Since that time he has erected some very fine 
structures, among them the David Dow warehouse in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., a splendid structure, the residence of David Dow 
on the Hudson, and other Eastern houses of magnitude. He 
superintended the construction and also designed the plans of 
the mammoth sugar factory at Lehi, costing 8400,000, and as- 
sisted in the design of the successful plan of the new 
city and county building in Salt Lake City. In 188.3 he was 
chief engineer of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & St. Louis Hail- 
road, and in 1889 held a similar position with the Kansas, Texas 
.t Mexico, with headc^uarters at Lawrence, Kansas. He is a 
member of the Order of Elks, Masons, Scottish Clan, Odd 
Fellows and Koyal Arcanum. He is married, and with his 
family resides in this city. He built at one time and success- 
fully ran three theaters in Kansas City and Denver, the Mid- 
land of Kansas City and the Denver and Kansas City museums. 

Of late years he has devoted his time exclusively to the 
practice of his profession. He is greatly interested in Caledon- 
au matters, is a leading member of the Caledonian society, 
and while living in Kansas City was for four years president of 
the club of that place. 



MR. CHARLES LIVINGSTON. 

Probably no city of the United States, during its early 
growth, has been favored with such a sturdy, enterprising 
class of men as has Salt Lake City. The life of Mr. Charles 
Livingston, furnishes an eleoqnent illustration of what can be 
accomplished by the exercise of enterprise, energy and sterling 
integrity. He is fifty six years of age, and a native of Scotland. 
He came to America thirty-six years ago, and has since had au 
extremely eventful experience. Since taking up his abode in 
Salt Lake City. Mr. Livingston has risen high in the estima- 
tion and good will of his fellow citizens, making for himself an 
enviable record, as a philanthropic and public spirited man. 
For ten years he held the position of supervisor of public 
streets, in addition to which he has held at various times other 
important municipal offices, invariably acnuitting himself, in 
the performance of his duties, to the entire satisfaction of his 
electors and fellow associates. He has also figured prominently 
in the mining interests of this section, and has loaned valuable 
assistance in the developing and opening up of new and promi- 
sing mining districts, being a firm beliver in the unexcelled 
richness of Utah's mineral resources. Among other mining 
investments, he holds a large interest iu the famous Cotton- 



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wood mining district. He expresses liimself as being confi- 
dent that the greatest and most valuable mines of our Terri- 
tory are yet to be discovered, and his surpassing judgment in 
such matters gives a great deal of weight to the prediction. 

At present Mr. Livingston is superintendent of the Temple 
block, under the direction of D. C. Young, architect, having 
entire charge of the construction, and various other improve- 
ments. In this capacity Mr. Livingston succeeds Mr. James 
Moyle, now deceased. When completed the Temple block 
will be one of Salt Lake's largest and most magnificent struc- 
tures, one that will add greatly to the metropolitan appearance 
the city is fast gaining. Some idea of the important and res- 
ponsible position Mr. Livingston holds as superintendent of the 
Temple block may be formed, from the fact that one hundred 
and twenty-five men consisting of stone masons, stonecutters, 
carpent6rs,plumbere, plasterers and electricians, as well as a large 
number of common laborers, are regularly employed on the 
work. 

Altogether Mr. Livingston's career has been one of which 
he may justly pride himself, and feel that through all his sig- 
nal success and prosperity he can lay claim to the warm friend- 
ship of all whose respect and good will are worth having. 



PEOPLE'S EQUITABLE CO-OP. 

The comparatively brief period that an establishment will 
advance to a leading position, when backed by well-directed 
energy, combined with high character, is nowhere better illus- 
trated than in the history of The People's Equitable Co-oper- 
ative Institution. The enterprise was iacorporated and 
opened for business in 1888, with a stock of $40,000; to-day 
the annual business reaches to the sum of $100,000. The es- 
tablishment occupies a three-story building, 3.5 x 165 feet in 
dimensions, and employs from fifteen to twenty assistants. The 
officers of the company are : Oliver Hodgson, president; S. J. 




F. J. FOULRER, Supt. People's Equitable Co-Op. 

Sudberry, vice-president; Joseph Anderson, secretary and 
treasurer, and Herbert J. Foulger, manager. There is also a 
board of directors who are consulted on all matters of import- 
ance concerning the undertaking. The company carry on a gen- 
eral merchandise store, and the system of business is radically 
different from other commercial houses in that the patrons re- 
ceive one-third of the profits, the stockholders retaining the 
balance. Each purchaser is given a rebate check on every arti- 
cle bought, and at the end of the fiscal year when the dividends 
are declared, these tickets are presented and their holders 
receive, pro rata, one-third of the same. That the system 
is a popular one is demonstrated by the fact that the trade 
is constantly increasing, and that all patrons express them- 
selves as highly pleased with the result of the plan adopted. 

The president of the company is a prominent man in com- 
Ettercial circles, being a member of the ^alt Lake Building Com- 



pany, and a capitalist of note in the financial world. The 
manager, Mr. Foulger, is a gentleman of high business abilities, 
having formerly been connected with several large commercial 
houses in Salt Lake. He was first with Zion's Co-op. Mercan- 
tile Institution, afterwards taking charge of the Twentieth 
Ward Co-operative Store, and in November, 1890, assuming 
sole management of the People's Equitable, being selected on 
account of his eminent fitness for the position. His manage- 
ment of the business has been signally successful and his career 
has been marked by a quality of commercial and financial ad- 
ministration highly deserving of the universal commendation 
it receives. 



HAMPTON & JONES. 

This firm is located in the Constitution building, room 240, 
and, although organized only a short time ago, has been more 
than successful, and is accomplishing much good in the devel- 
opment of the city. It is composed of B. T. Hampton and N. V. 
Jones, and makes investments for non-residents, negotiates the 
sale of territorial, municipal, corporation and school bonds, 
besides transacting a general real estate and loan business, with 
results that were exceptionally large last year. They handle 
business, residence and acreage properties, in which, from their 
long residence in Salt Lake, and their thorough knowledge of 
values, acquaintance with the country, etc., they are prepared 
to oiler superior inducements to purchasers. Special mention 
must be made of their judgment in such matters, which, owing 
to their experience, is of inestimable value in the purchase of 
realty, not only to citizens, but to prospective investors from a 
distance. 

Mr. Hampton has been a resident of Salt Lake since 1855, 
and is one of the best known men in Utah. For a number of 
years he was license collector for the city, and also held the 
position of deputy sheriff. Indeed, he has, for the past twenty 
years, filled responsible official positions in the city and county 
to the satisfaction of large and exacting constituencies. He is 
a gentleman of superior business abilities, and regarded as a 
very able man by the commercial community. 

Mr. Jones has been a resident of Salt Lake for forty years, 
many years of which he served as tax collector, and is known 
and respected by the entire community. 



BARRATT BROTHERS. 

There can be no more unmistakable indication of the cul- 
ture of Salt Lake people than the way in which they combme 
good taste, comfort and elegance in the furnishing of their 
homes. In doing so, they have found ready assistance in the 
artistic and especially well selected stock of the Messrs. Barratt 
Brothers from which to make choice. This firm has been in 
business since 1S64, hence is classed among the pioneers. Pre- 
vious to the completion of the overland roads (the U. P and C. 
P.), they, like the other large concerns, carried a stock of 
merchandise, invoicing generally over 8100,000, and consisting 
largely of staple groceries and dry goods. After the comple- 
tion of the railroads, there was a disposition to classify busi- 
ness and this firm decided upon furniture as a specialty. Bus- 
iness ability, combined with their standing in the community 
and a thorough knowledge of its wants, has developed a suc- 
cessful business and a permanent lodgment in the confidence 
of the people. They are manufacturers and wholesale and re- 
tail dealers in all kinds of furniture, and carry a complete 
stock of some .540,000 and transact an annual business varying 
from $75,000 to 8100,000. Their trade extends through Utah, 
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. The front salesrooms 
of the firm, consisting of two stories, are 25x130 feet; are cen- 
trally located on the main street and in the handsomest block 
in the city, and although crowded to their utmost are rendered 
attractive by the artistic character of the goods and the taste 
displayed in their arrangement. They have in addition two 
buildings in the rear, one 30x100, two-story, and one 35x120. 
These are used tor storage, manufacturing and as show rooms 
for the more common and staple goods. Some fifteen men are 
employed and business is steadily increasing. The firm is 
composed of C. R. and I. M. Barratt, natives of Maryland. 
Necessarily their long residence and close connection with the 
commercial and general business of the city and Territory has 
made them prominent. Mr. C. K. Barratt was postmaster for 
three years under President Cleveland's administration. I. M. 
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and is highly esteemed as an able and efficient officer. Through- 
out their long residence and busiuess career, notwithstanding 
dark days and dull seasons, the brothers have never doubted 
the ultimate result. The location of the city, its surround- 
ings and the abundance of the resources of the immense terri- 
tory tributary, assured (they believed) not only a solid and 
considerable commercial center, but a beautiful city of most 
attractive homes. Their faith in the future, their consistent 
and honorable course, both as citizens and business men, is 
recognized and appreciated by the community in which they 
are so well and favorably known. 



F. H. DYER. 

A history ot Utah's 
representative men that 
would omit to review 
the business career and 
public services of Hon. 
Prank II. Dyer would 
be inadequate and in- 
complete. Whether as 
Marshall of the territory 
in the most trying times 
of its history; whether 
acting with the liberal 
party or enlisted in the 
cause of democracy; or 
whether engaged in bus- 
iness enterprises, he has 
always been a conspic- 
uous figure and ac- 
knowledged leader. 
With rare executive 
qualities and a genius 
for diplomacy he ap- 
proached every question 
with caution and courte- 
ous respect for the rights 
and feelings of others, 
but having once made 
up his mind he sup- 
ported his conclusions 
with unselfish fidelity 
and fearless courage. 
Born in Yazoo County, 
JNIiss., Sept. yth, 1854, he 
it still in his prime. His 
father died in the Civil 
War and his mother 
taught school for a liv- 
ing. When but a mere 
lad Frank Dyer was left 
on his own resources and 
worked on a farm to earn 
money to school himself. 
At sixteen years of age 
he was made Deputy 
Sheriff of this County, 
which office he filled 
three and one-half years. 
He next bought the 
Yazoo Democrat and 
fought a fearless and 



brilliautJIbattle for democracy, and 
being a high spirited son of the South, intrepid and impetuous, 
he conducted his newspaper in a way that left no question as to 
how he stood on any question, and the people never forgot the 
Y'azoo Democrat and ita dashing young editor. Arriving in 
Utah sixteen years ago he worked in a mine at $2 per day until 
he earned the means to engage in heavy freighting at which he 
made considerable money. At this time he built the Crescent 
mine tramway, a daring undertaking. He was appointed U. S. 
Marshall of the Territory by President Cleveland in April 1886, 
and as reliable an authority as the Salt Lake Tribune- said at 
that time that he went into the office without an enemy in the 
world. As soon as Mr. Harrison qualified, Mr. Dyer filed his 
letter of resignation, believing in the Jacksonian theory, "To 
the victor belongs the spoils." Hut the request was not acted 
upon until after he had served a term ot three years and one 
month. Notwithstanding that there were 1000 mormons con- 
victed of polygamy during his term, seven or eight times more 
than under all the Marshalls that preceded and followed him, 
yet he left the ollic* with the good will of every one. 

Under an act of Congress he was appointed Receiver of the 
chtuoh ot Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints and held property be- 



longing to that organization valued at over a million dollars. In 
December he was elected chairman of the Central Democratic 
Club, and was re-elected to the same position in 1801. When a 
member of the liberal party he was given the responsible 
position of chairman of the Territorial campaign committee 
which he held until he believed it had accomplished its work. 
In all the councils ot the democratic party, Mr. Dyer's judgment 
has had great weight. It was he who first saw that the time 
had come for a division on national party lines, and when the 
history ot the organization of the democratic party in Utah, and 
the disbandment of the people's party comes to be written, the 
fine diplomacy and poHtical sagacity ot Frank H. Dyer will be 
better understood and his great public service to the people ot 

this Territory more fully 
appreciated. 

Brilliant and efficient 
as has been his politi- 
cal career, his business 
([ualities and hearty sup- 
port of public enterprise 
have also attracted to 
him the respect and con- 
fidence of his fellow- 
citizens and made him 
universally popular. 
When the city was poor 
ly lighted Mr. Dyer pur- 
chased a controlling in- 
terest in the Salt Lake 
Gas Company and since 
that time no less than 
$50,000 have been ex- 
pen ded in improve- 
ments. He is also at the 
head ot and one ot the 
principal owners of the 
Salt Lake Power Light 
and Heating Co., one ot 
the most enterprising 
and complete electric 
light plants in the west- 
ern country, over §300,- 
UUO having been expend- 
ed in equipping the 
works with the best 
modern dynamos and 
other apparatus and in 
the extension ot the sys- 
tem over the city. The 
plant now supplies 500 
arc lamps and 6,000 in- 
candescent lights. 

Among the improve- 
ments of a public na- 
ture which reflect Mr. 
Dyer's enterprise is Com- 
mercial street, be hav- 
ing projected many of 
the finest business 
blocks on that avenue. 
It was to his push and 
untiring energy that 
this street was the first 
paved ot any in the city. 
Mr. Dyer's personality is a study, as his temperament is fiery 
and intrepid: yet he is genial and always considerate ot the 
rights of others and ever ready to extend a helping hand to 
any worthy enterprise. He is made of the quality ot men who 
make cities. 




FRANK H. DYER. 



THE GREELEY MINING COMPANY. 

The mining interests ot Utah are destined to be the most 
important factors in her material growth and development. 
Among the many substantial companies working the rich 
mineral deposits of Utah is the Greeley Mining Company, hav- 
ing a capital ot S-2,500,000, a stock company with five hundred 
thousand shares divided into 85 each. The officers are Edwin 
Uushton, president; A. F. Spayde, vice-president; J. C.Thom- 
son, treasurer, and C. B. Weeks, secretary. The directory 
board comprises the above named gentlemen with the addition 
of W. H. Thompson and E. J. Rushton. They are men of 
prominence and rate<l among the most enterprising and pro- 
gressive in the Territory. They are all more or less connected 
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officials of similar organizations of which Salt Lake is the head- 
quarters. The property of the company is situated in the south 
fork of the Little Cottonwood Mining District and is 1300x1500 
feet in size. A tunnel 72 feet in length, with cross cuts of 60 
and 12 feet each, has been run in the mine, developing a vein of 
four feet, which assays 17 per cent, lead, 241 6-100 silver and 
S31.00 in gold to the ton. The company proposes to fully 
develop the claim, and to this end will spare no time or means 
in the accomplishment thereof. The mine is contiguous to 
large sampling and reduction works, with an abundance of 
fuel near by, and all indications are, therefore, favorable for the 
rapid developing of claims that promise to be of the best 
paying description in the West. The president, Mr. Kushton, 
has been in Utah since 18.52, and during that time has prin- 
cipally been engaged in railroad construction. He is now in- 
his 67th year, but is hale, hearty and vigorous, and regarded as 
one of her most enterprising citizens. Mr. C. B. Weeks, the 
active secretary of the company, is connected with the Dalton, 
the Mary and Galena companies in an official capacity, and is 
also deeply interested in a financial way in their success. He 
is regarded as one of the brightest men in Utah on mining 
matters and his opinion on the same is eagerly sought after. 



GEORGE W. WILLIAMS. 

Born on a farm, near Ebensburg, Pa., Geo. Wallace Williams, 
spent the earlier years of his lite in plowing stone, cutting 
briars and killing black snakes. He received a fair education 
at the ' Little Bed School House," always standing at the head 
of his classes. At eighteen he taught the school from which he 
had graduated, and during the following year attended a 
private school conducted by a Mr. Chapman, a man standing in 




UKOKGE WALLACE WILLIAMS. 

the first rank of Pennsylvania educators of his'day. The next 
year he went to Kansas and after teaching school tor a term, 
returned to Ohio, to accept the position of chief bookkeeper and 
assistant cashier in the Farmers' Saving Bank, at Lima. In 
1876, he was elected City Civil Engineer of that city, which 
position he creditably filled tor two terms. During this time, 
his studious habits led him to read law and he was admitted to 
the bar in a class of which Hon. Mel. Shaw, State Senator, in 
Ohio, and Mr. W. E. Hackedorn, chief attorney of the Lake 
Erie & Western railway company, were members. During his 
residence at Lima, he filled the position of Deputy Probate 
Judge to .Judge L. M. Meily, a brother-in-law of Calvin S. Brice. 
From Lima, Mr. Williams went to Chicago and became a mem- 
ber of the firm of W. B. Williams & Co., stock brokers, and 
members of the Board of Trade. We next find the subject of 
our sketch in New York city, manager of the Bryant Literary 
Union, with an office in the Evening Post building, and later 
on, the editor of the platform department of the Daily Star. 
He again returned to Chicago and became the traveling corres- 
pondant of the Tribune. Later he become the city editor of 



the Toledo Evening News, during which period he led the fight 
against the Standard Oil Company. It was largely through his 
efforts that the city was authorized to construct an independent 
pipe line. Two years ago he came to Salt Lake City, as the 
special correspondaut of the Chicago Tribune and Omaha Bee, 
arriving at Salt Lake City in the exciting times of the February 
1890, election. Liking the climate and the people, Mr. Williams 
concluded to remain in Utah and accepted a position in the 
Salt Lake Herald. For a brief season he filled the chair of city 
editor, of the Evening Times. On the sale of the Logan Jour- 
nal to a stock company Mr. Williams was made its editor. Al- 
ways an original thinker and quick to grasp the right side of 
every question, on the passage of the Teller bill, Mr. WilUama 
got out an extra edition of the Journal giving its enthusiastic 
support to the Statehood bill, claiming it a democratic victory 
and thus stealing a march on the Republican press. The Jour- 
nal, under his direction, has attracted considerable attention 
from the press and politicians of the territory. 



MINGO SMELTING COMPANY. 

The marvelous growth and increasing prosperity of the Terri- 
tory of Utah during the past few years have been of such a nature 
as to excite the admiration and attention not only of the United 
States, but of all that portion of the land across the sea which 
maintains business relations with this republic. The "cattle 
on a thousand hills," vast tracts of timber, healthful resorts, 
unexcelled agricultural resources, salubrity of the climate, etc., 
combine to make Utah a leader in the ranks of the States and 
Territories, but there is one point that should not be overlooked, 
and that is the fact that her commercial standing is due to the 
advancement and development of her mining industry. The 
hardy miner is of the men who have assisted in accomplishing 
the grand result, while the men who by judicious investment 
of capital in smelting works, made it possible for the producer 
to market the otherwise useless ores. Thirteen years ago the 
Mingo Smelting Works w as inaugurated, and it is due to the 
men who embarked in the movement that the mines of Utah 
are enabled to produce as they do, and that Salt Lake City is 
enabled to occupy the position she does at this time. President 
J. E. Schwartz, Vice-President Robert Wardrop of Pittsburgh, 
William Reid, secretary, F. H. Officer, treasurer, and W. J. B. 
Walker, superintendent, are the men to whom Salt Lake, as a 
city, and the miners of Utah; yes, Nevada also, owe so much. 
With confidence in the future they invested, and now the 
smoke of the furnaces at Sandy, south of the city, marks the 
spot where each year 8 1,800,000 worth of minerals are produced 
from clay and rock and resolved into bricks of yellow gold and 
bars of silver. They have .S500,000 invested and handle 200 
tons of ores each day, a task reqtiiring the constant employ- 
ment of 175 men. The bullion produced is shipped to Pitts- 
burg where it is disposed of. Their great mill has a capacity of 
200 tons per day, and in a very short time, it is expected, it will 
be running at its full capacity, the business of smelting being 
steadily on the increase. The smelter is one of the chief 
sources of revenue for Utah. In payment for the precious 
metals shipped daily from it there returns from the East a 
steady stream of bright dollars, all of which are added to 
the wealth of common people. Too much cannot be said 
regarding the importance of this industry, but the reader will 
readily glean fromwhat has been said the magnitude of that 
branch of the interest which has made Utah truly great. The 
offices of the firm are in Rooms 5, 6 and 7 Commercial Block, 
Salt Lake. 



THE ALLIANCE MINING COMPANY. 

This company, incorporated in 1889, is a re-incorporation of 
the old and well-known Sampson Company of 1874. The pro- 
perty comprises nine claims with a surface or area of 22 acres. 
It is situated contiguous to Park City, in the Uintah mining 
district. Summit County, Utah, near that wonderful producer 
the "Ontario" and "Daley" mines. The company has ex- 
pended about $68,000 on the property in the construction of 
tunnels, the sinking of shafts, etc. The longest tunnel is 
8,000 feet in, and cuts the vein at a depth of 1,200 feet from the 
surface. The tunnel measures 7 feet in height, 4 feet in the 
clear at cap, and 5 feet at sill. A flume has also been cut in 
the tunnel 12 inches deep by 24 inches wide, and a 17 inch gauge 
iron track runs the full length; the flow of water in the flume 
measures 12,000 gallons per minute. The company operates 
power derricks throughout the mines, and employs 4.5 men on 
an average, with a monthly expenditure of 810,000. The direc- 
tors and officers are as follows: A. Hanauer, President; N. 
Treweek, vice-president; Jas. Glendenning, treasurer and sup- 
erintendent; R. C. Chambers, J. G. Daily, M. K. Parsons, D. 
C. McLaughlan, directors. 




J. G. JACOBS. 

TrauBHotions in realty are growinjj in importance all over 
the western country, and shrowtl, intelligent men are at the 
heail of the business. The necessity of tinving a man that is 
capable in the negotiations between buyers and sellers of real 
estate is obWons. Of this type are those engaged in the bus- 
iness in Salt Lake, and among them is .1. G. .lacobs. Although 
a comparatively recent arrival, Mr. Jacobs having been a res- 
ident of Utah for about two years, lie has, by strict attention 
to his avocation, attracted a profitable and lucrative patronage. 
He has property on his books valued at •J20r),n()(l, and the 
annual sales foot up somewhere from .■?7.''i,(l()0 to JSO.OOO. His 
specialty is the buying and selling real estate, and making 
investments tor eastern buyers, and he has handled a great 
amount of Utah property very successfully. Among some of 
the many properties that he controls are, the Garden City, 
Plat "C," Westlaketown, Peach (irove, Arcadia, Wahoo and 
Grand View additions. Street car lines lead to all these, and 
the latter are consideied among the most desirable residence 



C. E. WANTLAND. 

A casual observer can form no adeiiuate conception of the 
important part the active, reliable and enterprising real estate 
dealer performs in the growth and development of a city or 
country. No city or territory, however rich in natural re- 
sources, ever augmented its wealth or increased its populatiou 
to any considerable extent, unaided by the etTective and valua- 
ble services of enterprising, go-ahead men devoted to the spe- 
cial work of buying and selling real estate, establishing values 
and otherwise stimulating and arou.sing citizens to the great 
improvements it lays within their power to make. 

Salt Like City has enjoyed this healthy growth perhaps 
more than any other town or city in the Territory, and among 
those who have taken a prominent and active part in its re- 
cent affairs is Mr. C. E. Wantland, land agent of the Union 
Pacific railroad for Utah and Wyoming. Mr. Wantland came 
to Salt Lake City in W>~ from (imaha, .\eb.. where he acted as 
chief clerk of the land oHice department of the U. P. railroad. 
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oroperty in all the city. They are beautifully located, easily 
reached and very popular with the building public. Mr. 
Jacobs will be pleased at any time to furnish any information 
desired in regard to these sites. He is thoroughly posted in 
real estate matters, and very pleasant to meet with, either in a 
social or business way. He is vice-president and general man- 
ager of the West Side Rapid Transit Railway Company, and 
handles the finances of the road. The lines of this company 
reach the suburban towns, and are of great value to the public, 
being first-class in every respect and, together with the rolling 
stock and cost of operation, represent an investment of a large 
amount of capital. The company has ten miles of road in 
active operation, and is now busily engaged in e.xtending its 
lines to the Great Salt Lake, which, when completed, will 
prove of great convenience and value to the public. The esti- 
mated cost of this extension is placed at S-il),lll)(1. Mr. Jacobs 
is also president of the Golden Rreeze Mining and Milling 
Company of Idaho, a corporation which has developed some 
rich properties, situated in the gold belt region of Logan 
county, Idaho, carrying immense bodies of quartz, upon which 
the most scientific assays have shown gold in paying iiuantities. 
lie is president of the Monte Christo Mining and Milling Com- 
pany in Beaver county, Utah, upon the property of which a 
five-stamp mill has been operating for three years. The assays 
from this mine show 320 ounces of silver to the ton. Mr. 
Jacobs is also a director and treasurer of the Salt Lake Pickle 
Company, a new organization recently perfected in this city, 
and composed entirely of its business men and supported by 
home cajntal. The gentleman occupies the position of director, 
and is largely intereste<l in the Salt Lake City West Side 
Association, an organization formed for dealing in realty. 



C. E. WANTLAND. 

years transformed Salt Lake from a place of a few thousand 
inhabitants to a metropolitan center of .'J.5,I'0U people, he at 
once began operations and has been actively engaged in hand- 
ling real estate during that period. In iiddition to a large 
amount of city property. Mr. Wantland deals in acre property 
on a very large scale. .\11 the Union Pacific railroad lands in 
Utah and Wyoming are in his charge and this in itself is a 
large and important branch of his business. Besides this, he is 
an influential director and energetic worker in the Salt Lake 
Chamber of Commerce and aids and supports all movements of 
that enterprising body calculated to upbuikl the city and ad- 
vance its best interests. He is an enthusiastic believer in the 
great future of Salt Lake City as a commercial and industrial 
center of vast importance, as well as the leading health re.sort 
of the West. In short, be is confident that the entire 
inter-mountain region is yet to pass through its greatest period 
of development and prosperity. 



JOSEPH WOODMANSEE. 

Mr. .loseph Woodraansee came to Utah in pioneer days, 
locating in what has since become the future metropolis of the 
Territory thirty-eight years ago. and from that date has been 
one of the most powerful and unselfish factors in promoting the 
growth of the city, as also the development of the resources of 
Utah. He has long been one of the leading dealers in real 
estate, owner of mine.*, mining claims, etc., and enjoys an envi- 
able reputation for reliability and sterling integrity in all the 
relations of life. Many of the wealthiest men of the city have 
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whose judgment and familiar knowledge of values they relied. 
For years he has handled city, residence and suburban prop- 
erties, owning a list of the prettiest and most convenient and 
desirable locations in the city. Among these may be mentioned 
the beautiful " Bellmont," " Windsor Place," and " East Lawn" 
sub-divisions, situated within the corporate limits and within 
a short ride of the ceutral portion of the city. All these tracts 
are located on street-car lines in active and successful opera- 
tion. He also handles business property and his opinion in re- 
spect to the purchase of that character of property is accepted 
as final. Mr. Woodmansee has given much time to prospecting 
and developing the mineral resources of Utah, in wliich he is 
largely interested, being one of the principal owners of a num- 
ber of valuable mines and claims, in many of the important 
mining districts. He is also president of the Zion Hill Mining 
Company, a corporation with 8 1,.500,000 capital stocli, divided 
into one hundred thousand shares. The company's mines are 
located in the Ophir district. They were discovered in the 
early days, and their development first directed the attention 
of the outside world to the rich mineral deposits of this section. 
They are very valuable and a source of unceasing revenue to 
their owners. Within a short time, or since these claims were 
acquired by the Zion Hill Company, the sliipments of ore ob- 
tained therefrom approximated 87.5,000 in value. In the 
discharge of his duties as president and manager, Mr. Woodman- 
see is assisted by Edward Daggett, vice-president; J. Wood- 
mansee, jr., treasurer, and L. S. Hills, secretary. 

Mr. Woodmansee is largely interested in other mining prop- 
erties, being half-owner of the famous "Sun Beam" mine 
located in the productive Tintic district of Utah, and is closely 
identified with the advancement and welfare of the city and 
Territory he has been so largely instrumental in the develop- 
ment of. 

D. H. McAllister. 

D. H. McAllister was born and educated in this city and 
was engaged for several years in the carriage manufacturing 
business, making it a great success. Latterly he has devoted 
most of his time to mining and real estate with gratifying 




D. H. McAllister. 

success. He is located at '269 South Maine street, where he 
occupies commodious offices and owns and controls fine busi- 
ness, as well as some of the most beautiful residence, proper- 
ties in Salt Lake. In addition to this he is owner of a product- 
ive mine situated in West Mountain Mining District, 
on which he has expended large amounts in develop- 
ing, and which has panned out satisfactorily. He 
has sunk a shaft 35 feet, and has completed about 75 
feet of tunnel, from which ore has been obtained in places ex- 
hibiting gold and silver, bearing quartz, averaging in value 
about $150 per ton. This property is situated only two miles 



from a railroad, with down haul, and owing to its freedom from 
overflow, can be operated at very low cost. This mine prom- 
ises large returns on further development. The McAllister 
i Lilley is another property he owns in Tooela Co., on which 
has been expended some 82,000 in development of a cross-cut 
exposing the ledge which shows up a fine character of ore, car- 
rying gold and silver and averaging S 300 per ton. There has 
been a number of rich strikes in this section and the property 
promises to be one of the "great discoveries." It is some nine 
miles from railroad and otherwise situated so that the expense 
of working it is comparably small. Mr. McAllister is also a 
large owner in the famous York Mine of Bingham, one of the 
heavy producers of that wonderful mining section of the West, 
that has been paying now steadily for thirty years; but the 
"York" wUl be mentioned on another page. 



SARATOGA FARM. 

Almost every man has a keen liking for some particular 
business, which, being a favorite, engages his time and atten- 
tion without growing tedious or irksome. But as a rule a cer- 
tain amount of wealth must be acquired in the laborious walks 
of life, before any special enterprise can be carried on, combin- 
ing profit with pleasure. 

The celebrated Saratoga Farm, located on the west side 
of Utah Lake, and directly west of the Jordan river, is not 
only a model institution of its kind, but is a source of much 
pride and satisfaction to its owner, Mr. .lohn Beck, of Salt 
Lake City. From any standpoint there is probably no tract of 
land in the entire Territory of such intrinsic value. The Tin- 
tic branch of the Union Pacific railroad runs within one mile of 
the farm, and Lehi City, Utah county, is but five miles distant. 
From the admirable location of this land, its proximity to the 
great Utah Lake and tlie fact that over twenty warm springs 
well up in various places, together with the beautiful and une- 
qualled mountain scenery stretching away in every direction, 
some idea of its inestimable value as a coming sanitarium and 
summer resort may be formed. It is now used for stock rais- 
ing and general farming, but its multitudinous advantages for 
a popular resort make it preeminently desirable for such a pur- 
pose, and BIr. Beck has decided to organize a stock company 
for the purpose of making extensive improvements and con- 
verting it into a great sanitarium and mountain home, where 
the wealthy traveler, the tourist and the health seeker can come 
and find every feature contributory to comfort and pleasure. 

The water from these numerous warm springs is now util- 
ized for irrigating the land, which is capable of raising almost 
any product known to a temperate climate. Fruit in endless 
variety is grown on the place, and a large number of fine stock 
cattle find abundant nourishment in the rich and nutritious 
grasses that grow in profusion on every hand. An incubator 
of sutficient capacity to hatch 6,000 eggs, and supplied with heat 
from the boiling spring, has been constructed, and it has 
proved an important and profitable undertaking. 

The farm contains in all 1,000 acres. It will soon be con- 
nected with Lehi and also by steamer with Provo and sur- 
rounding settlements, furnishing an unequalled opportunity 
for investment. The water from the numerous warm springs 
is unexcelled for bathing and contains remedial properties of a 
high order. It is located in the heart of a well settled farming 
section and is easy of access. Building material is close at 
hand and fuel and water can be obtained in abundance. 

Mr. Beck showed great foresight and judgment in securing 
possession of this piece of land, and is in consequence able to 
offer capitalists who may wish to join him in his proposed en- 
terprise, a safe and profitable venture. 



SPENCER & LYNCH. 

Among the many houses in the city engaged in the retail 
boot and shoe trade, the firm of Spencer & Lynch, 160 South 
Main street, stands as a representative one. These gentlemen 
began business in 18S3, and by strict attention to the same, 
coupled with an excellent stock of goods, have buiH up a large 
and profitable trade. The firm occupies two floors of a com- 
modious building 2.5x100 feet, and employ a force of fifteen 
assistants. The stock of goods carried is large and varied in 
its character and the customer has in consequence a large vari- 
ety to select from. The average amount of stock carried is 
$25,000 and the annual sales reach the handsome sum of $75,- 
000, although their trade is largely local, being confined almost 
exclusively to Salt Lake and its surroundings. The firm ia 
composed of Jno. D. Spencer and S. H. Lynch, and both of 
these gentlemen have developed great business ability in the 



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building up of bo extensive and prosperoua n trade as tliey now 
enjoy. Thorout;hl.v identified with the progressive spirit of the 
day, and possessed of the essential reciuisites of sound judg- 
ment and prudi»noe in all business transactions, they jiresent 
the strongest claims to popular favor in the department of 
trade in which they are engaged. The gentlemen occui)y a front 
rank in the commercial community, anil in the near future will 
be numbered among the foremost merchants of the west. 



F. M. BISHOP. 

Insurance, no matter of what class, has become a necessary 
part of the expenses to be yearly met by men in all lines of 
business, and he who neglects to properly protect his property 
has no adefiuate conception of judicious business principles. 
This universal necessity has created substantial corporations, 
backed by the wealthiest and most refponsible men of the 
country, to make provision for this department of commercial 
enterprise. All the leading companies have local agents es- 
ts'^lished in Salt Lake City, and those that have chosen Mr. F. 



nected with several important corporations, foremost among 
which is the Jlidland Investment Co., in which he was an 
otlicer and took an active part until recently, when his growing 
insurance enterprise demanded his entire time and attention. 



H. W. LAWRENCE. 

" Realty is the basis of all security," and the basis of 
security iu real estate transactions is found in the knowledge 
and probity of those through whom they are conducted. In 
the purchase of real estate or the taking of a mortgage, all 
prudent men secure the services of an agent who is competent 
to investigate and decide upon questions connected therewith, 
as also a man who enjoys an established repntation for honesty 
and integrity. 

In view of these facts there is probably no man in the Ter- 
ritory possessing more of these attributes and qualitications 
than H. W. Lawrence, whose ollice is at the corner of West 
South First and South West Temple streets. The gentleman 
has been a continuous resident of Utah for thirty-seven years, 





F. M. BISHOP. 



H. W. LAWRENCE. 



M. Bishop as their representative are numbered among the 
principal companies of the world. Kach has been long estab- 
lished and is on a sound and substantial basis, having assets 
reaching up into the millions. 

Mr. liishop is general agent in this section for the following 
well known companies : Manhattan Life Ins. Co., X. Y., assets 
81'2,31S,il3r).-JH ; Standard .\ccident Ins. Co.. Detroit, assets . *<),- 
00(1,(100; Pacific Coast Live Stock Owners Mutual Protective 
Association; Insurance Company of N'orth .Vmerica, assets S8, 
'JS^.'SIS; Traders, assets 81, 40(),406 ; Spring Garden, assets 
Sl,:iHl,'27."> ; United Firemen's, assets Sl,(l72,*')l ; New York- 
Underwriter's, assets S3,72fi.:U4 ; Southern California, assets 
8.'554,1H0; Denver, assets $3:<:5,:iH.'-); a grand total of over S30,- 
000,(100 being represented by these companies, under one 
agency. 

Mr. Bishop has a high standing with all the companies 
that have wisely selected him as their representative and a 
well deserved reputation among the citizens of Salt Lake as a 
highly capable, straightforward business man. honorable in all 
his dealings and at once liberal and conservative in his busi- 
ness methods. The class of insurance he secures is the very 
best to be had and the policies issued are satisfactory both to 
the public and the companies whose interests he so ably sub- 
serves. P<>li<-ies are issued on all reasonable risks, and losses 
are adjusted and paid promptly. 

Mr. Bishop has made Salt Lake City his home for over 
twenty years and is regarded as one of its most active and 
bright business men. Of pleasant manners and amiable dispo- 
sition, he is respected and esteemed by all with whom becomes 
in contact. Independent of his insurance business, he is con- 



an assurance to the public that he is perfectly familiar with all 
matters pertaining to the real estate interests of Salt Lake City 
and of the Territory in general, and has accjuired the universal 
confidence of citizens and residents. 

In addition to the real estate business, Mr. Lawrence is 
agent for several well known fire insurance companies, among 
them being the " Hoyal," of Liverpool, England, one of the 
most substantial and reliable corporations of its kind in the 
world. He also deals extensively in mining property and 
stocks, buying and selling the same as opportunity occurs, 
giving employment to an adeipiate force of assistants, and dis- 
posing of a large, prosperous business annually. 

Mr. Lawrence began business thirty-one years ago, and, by 
a systematic course, iu which honesty and integrity, coupled 
with good judgment and pluck have been the most potent 
factors in his success, has scored a very pronounced victory in 
the confidence of the public, and elevated him to the position 
of one of the most intluential men iu the Territory. Such men 
as Mr. Lawrence are invaluable in the development and pros- 
perity of a new country. 



BROWN'S MARBLE WORKS. 

The Brown Marble Works were established along in 1891, 
and have experienced a remarkably successful career. The 
firm transacts a general business in the manufacture of com- 
modities of foreign and domestic marble and granite, including 
monuments, headstones, tablets, etc., ami carry a general stock, 
the esoellence of which is unequaled in the Territory. Four 



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skilled workman are employed, and the trade extends through- 
out Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyomintr. 

The proprietor, Mr. Brown, has resided in Salt Lake since 
1878, coming here from Chicago. He learned his trade in Eng- 
land, and is fully competent to contract for, and perform all 
business in a satisfactory manner. The establishment that he 
represents is the only one in the city that transacts business of 
an exclusive monumental character, so to speak, and the de- 
signs and monuments executed under Mr. Brown's direction 
have been models of their kind. The establishment on account 
of the excellent work turned out, has secured the recognition 
and patronage of the leading and representative citizens of 
Utah and the States adjoining. 



SALT LAKE MEAT CO. 

In reviewing the commercial and manufacturing interests 
and advantages of the city of Salt Lake, one is confronted by 
many enterprises, especially worthy of extended notice and 
consideration. It is a fact, and one worthy of appreciation by 
readers, that in this, the thriving and progressive metropolis of 
the Territory, are located many establishments whose exten- 
sive proportions and large operations would reflect credit 
upon the large cities in the country. One of these representa- 
tive enterprises in its special line is the Salt Lake Meat Com- 
pany, at corner Third South and Fifth West streets, of which 
Messrs. August Roland and W. T Sampson, are the enterpris- 
ing proprietors. In 1890, these gentlemen began their busi- 
ness in Salt Lake, and the remarkable success that has attended 
their efforts is a most gratifying evidence of their wisdom and 
forethought. They have now as completely equipped and model 
an establishment of the kind as can be found on the entire 
coast. The salesrooms are large and commodious, being 
100x100 feet in dimension and two-stories in height, in which 
they have a cold storage room 16x.50 feet, for the storage of 
their fresh meats, the temperature of which is kept at forty 
degrees Fahrenheit. The plant of the slaughter-house covers 
an area of five acres, where in addition to the slaughter-house, 
tenement houses, etc., they have a large cold storage ware- 
house, with a capacity of storing two hundred beeves and six 
hundred sheep daily, making it the largest in the Territory, 
and one of the largest in the western country. The capital 
invested in this gigantic enterprise is .SlOO.OdO while their 
annual sales reach the handsome sum of 8500,000, all of which 
is sold iu LTtah except the live stock, which is shipped to Kansas 
City and Omaha, in carload lots. Twenty five men are em- 
ployed iu the various branches of the business. Their trade is 
exclusively wholesale, and besides the large amount of fresh 
meat always on hand, they carry a heavy stock of all kinds of 
dried meats, pigs feet, and tripe in barrels, lialf barrels, quarter 
barrels and in tin cases of from thirty to fifty pounds, all of 
which are of the best brands known in the market. The pro- 
prietors of this important enterprise are gentlemen of unusual 
business ability and intelligence ; jast in the prime of vigorous 
manhood, and have proven themselves among the most enter- 
prising and substantial of the citizens of this community. 
Their establishment is a credit to the city, an honor to them- 
selves, and an important factor in the advancement and promo- 
tion of the trade and commerce of Salt Lake City. 



S. P. TEASDEL. 

In reviewing the commercial and manufacturing interests 
and advantages of Salt Lake City, one is confronted by many 
enterprises especially worthy of extended notice and consider- 
ation. It is a fact, and one worthy of appreciation by readers, 
that in this, the thriving and progressive metropolis of the 
Territory, are located many establishments whose extensive 
proportions and large operations, would reflect credit upon 
the largest cities in the country. One of these representative 
enterprises is that of S. P. Teasdel, importer, jobber and retail 
dealer ol dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, clothing, hats, 
caps, hardware and queensware. The industry is is a "Pioneer," 
having been inaugurated twenty-oue years ago. Mr. Teasdel 
occupies an elegant 'i-story building, 85x1.50 feet in dimensions 
admirably arranged in three dilferent departments of four 
stores, separate and distinct, but all under the same roof and 
conveniently connected with each other. One department is 
devoted exclusively to dry goods and notions; another to gro- 
ceries, hardware and queensware, and the third to clothing, 
boots and shoes. He carries an immense stock, varying from 
$75,000 to iflOO.OOO, and employs a force of thirty men. The 
amount of annual business tranacted is of great magnitude, 
amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Mr. Teasdel 



was born in England but has been a resident of Utah for 
thirty-five years and is one of the most prominent and highly 
respected citzens of Salt Lake. He was a member of the city 
council for two terms, a position he filled with great ability, 
with credit to himself, and hoijoi to the people of the ward he 
represented. He is thoroughly identified with the best inter- 
ests of the home of his adoption, and is recognized as a man of 
large and active business qualifications. His establishment is 
a credit to the city, an honor to himself, and an important fac- 
tor iu the advancement and promotion of the trade and com- 
merce of Salt Lake. Combiniog, as he does, all the depart- 
ments of his house with careful prudent and intelligent man- 
agement and fair and liberal dealing, he has a sure foundation 
laid for a success iu the future as great and enduring as has 
been achieved in the past, and is a worthy representative of 
of the important business interest to which his energies are 
devoted. 



MARTIN K. HARKNESS. 

The successful miner, meaning by that the man who not 
only understands the details of work at the mines, but who 
knows how to organize companies, interest capital, buy and 
sell meritorious mining properties, etc., is deserving of great 
credit and recognition as a man of talent and unrelenting per- 
severance. This principle is admirably exemplified in the life 
as Mr. M. K. Harkness, whose career from the very first has 
been marked by toil, capability and firm determination. He 
was born in 1830, in the state of Massachusetts, and when but 
nineteen years of age started West on his way to California, 
where he engaged in the mining business. He had by nature 
the quality of " perseverance" described as uncompromising, 
and when the storms of disappointment and adversity came 
upon him he was firm and unwavering. Mr. Harkness re- 
mained in California until 1870, at which date the mineral re- 
sources of Utah were coming to be generally known, and he 
moved hither. Since coming to Utah he has proved himself 
one of the most energetic and prosperous mining men of the 
Territory, having also superintended and been interested in 
many of the best mines of this section of the country. He is 
known as an experienced and sagacious mining expert, and 
many wealthy investors are indebted to Mr. Harkness for the 
thousands upon thousands of dollars they have made through 
his advice and superior judgment. 

Mr. Harkness is at present general manager of the Frederick 
and Crown Prince Mining and Tunneling Co., one of the largest 
corporations of the kind iu the Territory, with a capital stock 
of iSl,C00,0()0, or 100,000 shares at 810 per share. Its mines are 
situated in the Little Cottonwood mining district. Salt Lake 
county, Utah, the property consisting altogether of eighteen 
claims, some of which are patented. Above $300,000 have al- 
read}' been expended in development. S(iO,000 have been taken 
from one shaft of levels sunk 436 feet. From this shaft drifts 
have also been run, one 100 feet east and another 100 feet west, 
and from the base of the mountain a tunnel has been built 
cross-cutting the vein 1,900 feet from the mouth of the tunnel. 
Very little prospecting has been done at the cross-cut, the tunnel 
having been ruu 4,000 feet.together with laterals,a total distance 
of more than this amount. The immediate prospects are prom- 
ising beyond dispute, and under the management of Mr. Hark- 
ness will crystallize into substantial realities with the least pos- 
sible delay. 

r. PLATT CO. 

One of the industries of Salt Lake City that forms an impor- 
tant item in the sum total of her commerce is the manufacture 
of harness, saddlery, etc., and lines of goods therewith connected. 
There are but few branches of manufacture — especially in the 
western country — whose products are so universally used and, 
consequently, in such steady demand. The establishment of the 
F. Piatt Co., 147 and 149 First East State road, is one of the 
oldest and most complete to be found west of the Missouri 
river. It was founded in 18.52 by F. Piatt who began business 
on a small capital, but was prosperous from the first and has 
since increased his trade to such large proportions that it was 
found necessary early iu 1891 to merge the business into a cor- 
poration. This was accomplished and officers chosen as fol- 
lows: F. B. Piatt, president; O. P. Arnold, Jr., vice-president; 
J. C. Piatt, secretary and treasurer. 

The company owns and occupies its own building, a three- 
story brick store, with the varied and complete lines of goods 
to be seen only iu all first-class establishments. The company 
are manufacturers and jobbers of harness, saddlery, whips, and 
mske a specialty of stock saddles, of which they make and 



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haDdle the best lines iu 
the market. They ffive 
employment to fourteen 
operatives besides n liirge 
force of salesmen anil 
travelers, and do an im- 
mense busineKR annually 
in all parts of riali. ( 'olo 
rado, Wyoming, Montana 
and Nevada. 

The members of the 
company are natives of 
Salt Lake and identified 
with the interests of the 
city sinre early youth. 
The [>resi(lent. l'\B. I'latt, 
has been in the bnsiuei-s 
ever since he was sixteen 
years of age. He is the 
active manager, and a 
gentleman of marked 
ability in the commercial 
community. The vice- 
president, F. V. .\rn<ild, is 
also a prominent man in 
mercantile circles, and the 
assistant superintendent 
of the Salt Lake City 
Railroad Company, while 
the secretary and treasurer, 
developed business talents. 




stantially built and well-eqnipped workBhop, in which all 
patterns ot combination fence are manufactured, Mr. Kardly 
making a specialty of these appliances, in which he does a 
large trade. He carries complete stocks of hard and soft lum- 
b-'r, including selected grades of Trnckee, California, redwood, 
also liandling wooden building materials, embracing joists, 
llooring, sills, doors, sash and blinds, with other articles 
adapted to the trade and all its reipiirenients. 

Mr. Eardly was married early in life to Miss Adella W., the 
accomplished daughter of Bishop Woolley of Salt Lake, the 
fruit of which union is four children. He is a gentleman of do- 
mestic tastes, and his home circle has been described as " the 
abode of endless happiness." 

Tu addition to his lumber interests, Mr. Eardly is the owner 
of a stock farm in the Cache valley. In his business and social 
relations he is most delightfully situated, and in the varied 
walks of life an object ot universal respect and commendable 
comment. 



l,Ve<l by coiiili- 



m! a. 1 llissftr & ('» 



J. C. Piatt, is a young man of 



JAMES W. EARDLY. 

Occupying a leading and important position as an influen- 
tial representative of the lumber interests of Salt Lake City 
and Utah Territory, .James W. I'iardly is not only esteemed by 
the jrade to which he ministers, but by the commercial, finan- 
cial and manufacturing circles iu all portions of the West. 
His remarkable and deserved success is due to the patient, un- 
tiriug, personal attention he gave to the details ot his business. 




JAMES W. EAHBLY. 

as also to the sterling integrity and liberal methods he has 
always manifested in its administration. 

His yards occupy an extended area of territory, located at 
a Kast South Fourth Street, between Main and State Streets, 
and are stored with the largest lines and best qualities of luiu- 
ber and lan^ber products. The premises also contain a enb- 



MR. J. H. HINMAN. 

Among the prominent citizens of Salt Lake who have gained 
|)oi)ularity as enterprising and public-spirited men will be found 
Mt. .1. H. Hiuman, superintendent of the County lutirmary. 
Mr. Hinman has made this city his home for the past ten years 
and has been actively engaged in many of the important enter- 
prises and public movements since that time. He was appointed 
to fill the position he now occupies in October 180], previous 
to which he was an ofiicer in the Midland Investment Company, 
and still retains an interest in the extensive mining and real 
estate properties it owns and controls. While acting in the 
capacity of treaenrer for the company he took a leading part 




J. II. HINMIN, Sapt. Connty Iniirinar}-. 

and deep mterest in all its various pj-ojects. He was one of the 
most energetic workers in this important corporation and aided 
very materially in advancing it to the high position it occupies 
among the many real estate and investment companies of the 
city. 

Since entering upon the grave duties of his present incum- 
bency, his superior fitness for such a position and the persever- 
ing manner in which he endeavors to meet the requirements ot 
the place, has been repeatedly demonstrated and felt to the 
general good. 

The superintendency of this institution has never been filled 
more ably or more satisfactorily, and in consequence Mr. Hin- 
man will, no doubt, be retained to watch over the interests of 
the County Infirmary for many years to come, or until his faith- 
fulness and ability call him to a higher jwsition in the affairs 
of the people. 



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H. C. LETT & SON. 

Amoug the new men and Arms engaged in real estate business 
in Salt Lake, there are none more deserving of attention than 
that of H. C. Lett & Son. This firm has been extensive opera- 
tors since 1889. It is pre-eminently representative in Salt Lake 
where it is considered authority on real estate matters in the 
Territory. The members] are earnest, persistent workers in the 
development of the resources of the country, and enjoy the 
unbounded confidence and esteem of a very extended and in- 
fluential constituency. As financiers they are cautious and 
conservative, and their business has grown to be one of the 
most extensive in Utah, their transactions during the past 
two years, involving more than a half million dollars, of which 
large investments of capital fj-om the East were made by them 
in Salt Lake City and vicinity. Tliey occupy a suite of ele- 
gant offices in the Commercial National Bank building, that 
(through the courtesy of the firm) are also used by the 




H. C. LETT, President the Real Estate Exchange. 

Real Estate Exchange as a place of meeting. Mr. H. C. 
Lett, the head of the enterprise, was born in eastern Ohio, 
near Cleveland, in 1834. When fifteen years of age he removed 
to Illinois, where he taught school and alternately clerked in 
a store for several years. From there he emigrated to Lavttte 
county, Kansas, and engaged in the merchandise business un- 
til the breaking out of the civil war, when he removed to 
Nebraska, settling in Brownsville and dividing his time be- 
tween mercantile pursuits and the construction of railroads. 
While a resident there he was elected president of the Midland 
& Pacific, and the Brownsville, Kearney A Pacific railroads, 
holding these positions for six years with credit to himself and 
profit to the company. He subsequently removed to Lincoln; 
thence to Denver to accept the position of superintendent of 
the stone department of the Union Pacific road, the duties of 
which important position he discharged to the entire satisfac- 
tion of the company for over six years. Mr. Lett was the first 
man to start what is known as the "Great Stone Industry of 
the Rocky Mountains." 

In the development of this industry he employed from .500 to 
1,000 men and turned out stone from the quarries of Colorado 
amounting in value to one million of dollars that was sold all 
over the Western States. About three years ago he visited 
Salt Lake, and invested heavily in real estate. After a brief 
visit to Denver he finally returned to this city, where he settled 
permanently, established himself in the real estate and loan 
business, and was an important factor in organizing the present 
Salt Lake Raal Estate Exchange, serving as president of that 
body for two terms. He is also an honored and prominent 
member of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, a member of 
the Board of Education and together with his son proprietor of 
the Deep Creek Stage Line Company, the only line in existence 
in the West since the demise ot the old "Overland" Stage Com- 



pany. The firm is sole agent for "Lehman Place,'' a suburb of 
the city, also for the "Dsborn, Black and Holmes," in addition 
which they are half owners. The firm holds titles to most of 
the properties handled by it and is prepared to offer substantial 
inducements to purchasers. 

Mr. W. H. Lett, the junior member of the firm, was born in 
Kansas twenty-nine years ago. When quite young he removed 
with bis parents to Nebraska. He attended school at the State 
University in Lincoln for a number of years and began his 
business career in that city as paying teller of the Lincoln 
National Bank. He occupied that position for three years, 
when he resigned to accept that of assistant superintendent ot 
the stone department of the Union Pacific Road at Denver, 
under his father, and remained with the company until his 
removal to this city. He is an active member of the Real 
Estate Exchange, attends to the office details of the firm's busi- 
ness, and is manager of the stage line, the sole line conveying 
passengers and freight into the Deep Creek country. The 
Messrs. Lett are self-made men in every respect, gentlemen of 
undoubted business abilities, unquestioned integrity and deeply 
and practically interested in the welfare of Salt Lake. 



ALAMA MINING AND MILLING CO. 

Among the many mining companies engaged in the de- 
velopment of the great mineral resources of Utah, the 
Alama Mining and Milling Company is prominent. It was in- 
corporated in 1891 with a capital stock ot f 1,000.000, divided 
into 500,000 shares, valued at .?2 per share, with officers as fol- 
lows: C. A. Ames, president; F. .L Parker, vice-president; Willis 
M. Ames, treasurer, and F. T. Taylor, secretary, who, together 
with E. L. Carpenter and W. H. Donnell, J. A. Chute, W. 
1\I. Hicks and David A. Giles, form the board of director.s. 
The Alania mine is situated in the Mount Baldy mining 
district of Utah. The surface area of the claim is 1200x1500 




C. A. AMES. 

feet, bounded on the South by the Deer Tail mine that has pro- 
duced to its owners over S3;;0,000. The latter is six miles from 
Marysvale, a rich gold mining camp on the line of the 
extension of the R, (i. Western Railway now in process of 
construction, and which, when completed, will make the trans- 
portation facilities superior, and lessen and cheapen the cost of 
shipping the products of the mine to such an extent as to 
greatly increase its value. 

The ore extracted from the Alama mine is in character a 
free milling quartz, containing gold, silver and galena in good 
paying quantities, making a tine concentrating ore, and the 
company will, for the purpose of concentrating its own ores, 
erect suitable machinery in the near future. 

The development of the mine has been carried on to such 
an extent as to estabhsh the value of the same beyond any per- 







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nJventnre. Some i? 8,000 have been expended in tunnels, 
drifts, etc., t)y which to determine the course and strength of 
veins as well as the locution of deposits. A tunnel now bein).; 
worked has been run in 4(K) feet, and it is estimated uitliiu 75 
feet further they will strike the main veins at a perpemlicular 
point III' just i^tio feet from its cropiiiuKS. There is but little 
iloubt that this mine will prove a t;reat producer anil one of the 
ricliest of Utah. Upon the completion of U. (i. Western Kail- 
way's extension from Salina, there is no doubt but that mills, 
reduction works and other improvements will follow of such a 
character as not only to t,'reatly aid in the develojiment of the 
mines of this section, but havea tendency to improve and beuetit 
that entire portion of Utah. It is a section greatly favored 
with a variety of the most valual)le resources. 

There are to be found wood and timber in abundance for 
fuel, charcoal; lumber for buildint; and other |)urposes, conven- 
ient for shippiuf,' and to saw-mills. Water is plentiful and 
water-power al)iindant, and easily utilized. The valleys are 
wide and productive, alfordini; the finest grazing in the world, 
while the acres and acres of hay and grain annually produced 
go without a market. This is pre-eminently the laud of oppor- 
tunities and investment. 

Among those who are thoroughly acquainted with the vast 
resources and mineral deposits of this country, none are better 
informed than Mr. C A. Ames, the president of the Alama 
Mining Company. He was born in Petersborough, N. H., in 
1839, fitted for college at I'hillips Exeter Academy, and entered 
Amherst College in 18(il, but in the following year he en- 
listed in the 13th N. H. Reg. of Volunteers, from which he was 
honorably mustered out of service at the close of the Rebellion 
as t^)uarterma8ter Sergeant. He engaged in business at his old 
home in N. H. at the close of hostilities and so continued for a 
few years, representing prominent Life and Fire Insurance 
Go's, as General Agent for New Hampshire, but in the spring 
of 1S7U he removed with his family to Bay City, Mich., to en- 
gage in the lumber and salt business with two younger brothers 
who had preceded him thither. He suffered severe losses by 
fire and thence removed to Leavenworth, Kan., where he re- 
maiueil for a number of years. During his residence there Mr. 
Ames became imbued with " the mining fever" then prevalent 
consequent upon the great fiuils made in Colorado, and removed 
to Denver. He soon became identified with the nuning indus- 
tries in that city and did much toward the development of the 
" Centennial State," acquiring for himself in the meantime, val- 
uable mining properties which he still owns. From Denver 
Mr. Ames came to Salt Lake City, and since " pitching his tent 
in Zion," has interested himself largely in mines and real estate, 
as well as in many other enterprises, prominent among which 
are the Col.. I'tah A- Pacific Railway, of which projected line he 
is secretary and treasurer. Another projected line of road 
with which he is connected is one to run from Boise City, 
Idaho, to Butte, Montana. He is one of the largest owners in 
the Dalton Mine of this territory, and business manager in the 
(lold Belt Mining and Milling Co. Both these companies are 
incorporated. He has ever distinguished himself as a thorough 
business man, perfectly reliable in all his transactions and its 
hard to find a man more enterprising and public spirited than 
Mr. Ames. 



ranging from two and half to seven feet. Contiguous to those 
pools are large and neatly fitted up dressing and suit rooms 
which command the admiration of all visitors on account of 
Iheir comfort and convenience. The present hotel has sixteen 
large and elegant rooms for invalids who Uock to these health- 
giving waters in large niimbers, and who in the majority of 
cases are greatly benefited, and in many instances cured 
entirely. A new hotel, however, is now in process of erection 
which will be ready for occupancy in a short time and which 
will be of ample proportions to accommodate two hundred or 
more guests. 

The natural temperature of the waters is from 140° to 150' 
Fahrenheit, and before being used in the baths has to pass 
through a large re.servoir in order to make the temperature low 
enough for comfort. An analysis of the waters from these 
Springs made by the ( 'hief (lovernment Chemist at Washington 
gave the following result: 

Departmknt of thk Interiok, ') 

Division of Chemistry, [• 

Washington, D. C. ) 

Chloride of Potassium 3761 grammes 

Chloride of Sodium . 9.5506 " 

Chloride of Magnesium 1.4334 " 

Chloride of Calcium 6957 

Sulphate of Calcium 1907 " 

Carbonate of Calcinm 1202 " 

Bi-Carbonate of Calcium 1739 " 

Alumina 0090 

Silica 0315 



BECK'S HOT SPRINGS. 

.Vmong the great Sanitariums that abound in Utah, there 
are none, perhaps, that commands more i.ttention from the 
general public, not only on account of the;r healing qualities, 
but also by reason of the accommodations afforded visitors and 
invalids, than Beck's Hot Springs. The medical properties of 
the waters of thet-e Springs were known to the Indians long 
before the foot of the white man trod the soil of Utah, and ac- 
cording to history were freely iniinlgtd in by the aborigines for 
the cure of almost all diseases that tiesh is heir to. The 
springs are situated in a northerly direction, three miles from 
tlie Temple and on the line of the IJnion Pacific Denver A; Rio 
(irande, and (ireat Salt Lake & Hot Sprii'gs Railroads, easily 
accessible from Salt Lake City. '1 he property is owned by Mr. 
John Beck, who first openfd the Springs to the public in 1885, 
and was succeeded in February, 1891, bythe present proprietor, 
Mr. Lee Pratt, who makes a most successful caterer to the 
wants of the public. 'Ihe main bath house is a C( irmoiiicns 
1-story etnioture, 7(ixlOO feet in dimensions, in which are two 
plunge ri)oms for ladies', each 14x14 feet, the gectlfmen's 
plunge rotm being ;'0x50 feet. The new bath hcufe is 40i80 
feet, one-stoiy, ccLtainJng twelve private plnnge roc ms 10x10 
feet, and Ihe average depth of the entire lialh he uses is four 
feet. Another pleasing feature of this resort is the fublic 
bathing pool for both sexes, which is 50x250 feet, with a depth 



12.5871 
Traces of Boric Acid and Lithia. 

F. W. CLARKE. 

Chief Chemist. 
February 24th, 1386. 

The waters, beyond any question, posssess great medical 
properties and can safely be called one of the wonderful freaks 
of nature. That tbey are utilized daily by scores of invalids 
and visitors is an evidence of their medical qualities and a 
sufficient recommendation of their great benefit. 



BUCKKHORN GOLD AND SILVER MINING 
COMPANY. 

The new mining country in the Dugway district, Tooele county, 
is of great value to Salt Lake and the Territory generally, as 
forming a new and powerful auxiliary in the matter of develop- 
ment. It is rapidly becoming apparent to the minds of every 
citizen having the interests of Utah at heart, that the mining 
properties are destined to cut and important figure in her 
future history, and that the greater speed with which the 
development of the same progresses, the more rapidly will the 
Territory assume her place in the commercial ranks of the 
great States of the Union. The company of which this suli- 
ject is the sketch was incorporated dune 2, 1891, with a capital 
of .til, 000,000, divided into KMl.niiO shares of $10 each. The offi- 
cers are S. H. (iilson, president ; .T. .T. Gilson, vice president ; 
W. S. McCornick, treasurer, and F. W. Cleghorn, secretary. 
The organization was formed for the purpose of working 
the Buckhorn claim in the Dugway district, which was discov- 
ered by Mr. F. W. Cleghorn, and is a combination property of 
15x1,800 feet. The work of developing the same has been pro- 
gressing veiy satisfactorily ever since the discovery, and f hip- 
ments of ore aroountirg to one hucdied and fifty tons, have 
been made which returned in gross value the sum of 828.(00, 
the expense incurred on the Fame being less than $.5,(100. The 
company has erected a foity.ton f melt er which can be increased 
to an eighty ton capacity, and have at work seventy-five min- 
ers. The charactf r of the ore extracted frt m Ibe mine is fhlo- 
orides and native silver in lime and porpybry foimation; also 
showing a finall ptr cent, of lead. 

In addition to the Buckhorn claim, the ccmpaDy have 
twenty-eight other claims situated in the eaire disfiict which 
thow assays at grass rt ots runnirg firm 20 per cf 1 1. to fO pi r 
cent, lead, and from 10 to 75 ruEcee silver, and which will he 
developed as rapidly as time and means will acccmplith. Thete 
prf pertif sare corsiderfd very vahialle sod will no dcubt piove 
of immense benefit to the Territoiy. 

The secretary of the ccmpany r.nH (be disccvtrer t f the 
" Buckhorn," Mr. Cle^'horn, is a prrclical afseyrr, ai d altbcngh 
a young man, has bad a large experience in mining, aid is fully 
alive to the wants aud needs of Ihe mining world. The Ccm- 
pany office is rcrms 45 and 46 Wasatch luiilding. 



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THE MIDLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY. 

Choice and eligibly located properties in Utah are more 
than ever sought after by conservative capitalists, who, in mak- 
ing their investments, rely in a large measure upon the advice, 
assistance, and superior knowledge of the leading brokers and 
agents. Prominent among the substantial companies domiciled 
in Salt Lake, the Midland Investment Company stands pre- 
eminent. 

The company does a general real estate business, makes in- 
vestments tor non-residents and eastern capitalists; places 
loans to any amount, and of the hundreds of thousands of 
dollars thus placed not one foreclosure has ever been made, 



promising mining camps within a radius of thirty miles, and 
more constantly springing up. In addition, there is an abun- 
dance of graES, water and wood in this section, and the soil is 
well adapted to agricultural purposes. Two lines of railway 
are now heading for this section of the countr.y, and when com- 
pleted will settle the question of cheap transportation in such 
a manner as to build up that section at a rapid and progressive 
rate. The company has expended considerable time and means 
in developing the mineral resources of this great mining region 
and there is no doubt a brilliant future in store for it. The 
following properties are handled exclusively by this company: 
West Salt Lake addition : Garden City original plat one; Cham- 
berlain's addition; first addition to West Salt Lake; Salt Lake 





HARVEY HARDY. 

showing that they exercise the best of judgment in all cases in 
handling money for others. A specialty of the company is the 
buying and handling of property, and the making of loans for 
non-residents; the rule being to recommend investments only 
which are known to be good and are profitable. In the negotia- 
tion of loans to any amount on real estate and improved city 
property extraordinary diligence is exercised, and approved 
securities only are accepted. 

One of the large properties owned by the company is 400 
acres of land, divided into five-acre plats, situated between the 
Jordan river and the Hot Springs Lake and covering the entire 
lake front on the west, which is destined to become valuable 
property in the near future. Tlie company is also heavily in- 
terested in very promising mining properties in the Deep 
Creek country, and a galena and carbonate claim in Dugway, 
Tooele county, that assays SO per cent, lead, and from 15 to 25 
ounces in silver, averaging 20 ounces of the latter. These pro- 
perties are considered exceptionally valuable, and when fully 
developed will doubtless prove far richer in extent than at 
present claimed. In addition to these the company is vested 
with title to a group of ten claims in White Pine County, Ne- 
vada, known as the "Black iSIountain District," the assays of 
the ore from which show from 70 to ],8(IU ounces of silver and 
gold. They have expended about Sti.flOO in developing these 
mines and will be rewarded with rich returns from them in the 
near future. Other mining claims in which the company is in- 
terested in various sections of Utah and Nevada give promise 
of great value when they shall be fully developed. Mr. Harvey 
Hardy, the manager, who has been a mining man ali his life, 
traveling at intervals all over this western country prospecting 
the mineral regions, is competent to speak on all mining mat- 
ters, and as an evidence of his faith in the future development 
of that district has invested largely in various properties. He 
predicts that the Deep Creek country and especially that por- 
tion of it located in the Black Mountain district, will, in the 
near future, be one of the greatest mining camps in America. 
Taking Ibapah as a center, there are no less than twenty 



J. M. KENNEDY. 

Park; Ninth East Street; Temple View; Jefferson Street; Oregon 
Race and Le Mar's additions. All of these are inside proper- 
ties, situated on electric car lines and considered among the 
most valuable and desirable tracts in the entire city. They 
also make a specialty of handling business property and are 
prepared to make leases on some very desirable sites for build- 
ing purposes. 

Mr. Hardy has resided in Utah for over 25 years, and is at 
present largely identified with all her best interests, being an 
expert on mining property, his advice and judgment are 
sought for and appreciated by many of the large mine owners 
of the territory. 

Mr. J. M. Kennedy, the junior member of the firm, is an 
active, go-ahead young man of SaltLake, who has raised him- 
self to a position of prominence in the commercial world 
through his own zealous efforts and keen business faculties. 
He is a native of Pittsburgh, Penu., was educated in Bethany 
College and is well known in this city as a man of upright 
principals and sterling integrity. 



H. HUNTER, M. D. 

''Among the well known and enterprising citizens of Salt Lake 
City, distinguished alike for his professional achievements and 
his eminence in the field of metallurgy, is Dr. II. Hunter. He 
studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa., later matriculating at 
the University of Toronto (Canada), whence he subsequently 
graduated and entered upon the practice of his profession. 
For the past fourteen years he has given special attention to the 
mineral resources of Michigan, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and 
Utah, and in pursuit of scientific investigation passed six years 
in the Black Hills. He is a recognized expert in the premises 
and his judgment in that connection is regarded as conclusive. 
He has been a resident of Salt Lake City for the past seven 
years, engaged in the examination of mining properties, the 
purchase and sale of same, etc., in which he has scored a success 
pronounced and highly deserved. 






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R. C. CHAMBERS. 

What the siiccefsful miner must pass tliroiiyh (hiring his 
years of toil ami travel from the bottom to the top, the world 
at large, ilevoted to other pursuits, will forever remain in 

ignorance. ^- , li i 

It is only men possessed of great executive ability ami 
superior judgment, that can take the undeveloped claim, usu- 
ally inaccessible, and convert it into a dividend-paying mine. 
To interest capital, conduct the [jreliminaries and enginci r 
the work, retiuires a man of long experience and demonstrated 
ability. The western country has many men of this stamp, 
who are veterans at the 
business and recognized 
as leaders and projectors 
of all gigantic enterprises 
growing out of tlie wcm- 
derful discoveries that 
have been made within 
the past twenty years. 
Probably no one among 
them has had a more re- 
markable career, or ex- 
hibited greater ability 
as a practical miner, 
than Mr. U.C. Cliamberp, 
whose picture graces this 
page of our book. He 
is what may be termed 
an astute mine manipu- 
lator, for he is not only 
possessed of a thorough 
knowledge of tlie details 
of work at the mines, but 
has been the means of 
interesting more capita 
and establishing a greater 
and more widespreail rep 
utation for our Territory 
as a mineral producing 
country, than any other 
one man. He stands at 
the head of the corpora- 
tions that are now operat- 
ing the largest and most 
profitable mines of Utah. 
He was prominently itlen- 
titied with them from the 
start, and has proved an 
indispensable working 
factor in all their exten- 
sions and movements 
ever since. Among these 
are the Ontario and Dalv 
mines at Park City, of 
which Mr. Chambers is 
general manager, the 
greatest mines of Utah, 
both in regard to the 
amount of ore taken out, 
the number of men em- 
ployed and the amount 
of capital expended in 
getting the mines into K. ('. (11 

condition for extensive 

operations. He had faced the blunt of a miner's life for years, 
lioth in California and Utah, prior to the discovery of the 
(Ontario, on June lilth, 1S72, though he wiis ktown among 
wealthy mine speculators, as a man of sound judgment and 
practical understanding, and to his advice and counsel was at- 
tached a great deal of importance. 

The discovery of the famous Ontario, however, by one 
Herman Hudden, wasa turning point in Mr. Chambers" life. At 
the time he was in Southern Utah,manat;ing the Webster and 
Bully Boy mines, and when the story of this new find reached 
his ears, he at once visited the place, took important observa- 
tions, and immediately associated himself wilh the late Senator 
George Hearst, of California, and other prominent chpitalitts, 
purchased the claim and commenced operations. Mr. Cham- 
bers' career as a wealthy man of Utah dates from that time. He 
made the Ontario what it is by persistent hard work and care- 
ful management, and it has in const qiicnce yielded both him- 
self and associates millions of money. 

A fact about Mr. ( hamheis that is worthy of note is, thai 
his sudden accessicn to a place of power and induence has not 
changed bis sterling character or generous disposition iii the 



least. He has today the same true heart, frank, open nature 
and approachable manner that was typical of him in the years 
of unsuccessful ventures. 

Since the discovery of the Ontario, other rich claims have 
been located in the same vicinity, and many splendid mines 
jiut in vigorous operation. Park City has sprung up in this 
mining district and is now a nourishing town of some C,0(iU 
iuhabitauts, devoted exclusively to working the mines in the 
vicinity. The Ontario alone is sufficient to support a city of 
this size, and with the development of other rich claims. Park 
City is destined to grow in population and importance to 
a much greater city than it is at present. Some idea of the 

magn itude of the Ontario 
mine may be formed from 
the fact that the monthly 
pay-roll amounts to $.50,- 
UUO, and that '2,U0O people 
are supported by work at 
the mine and mill. In 
1888, an immense drain 
tunnel was commenced 
for the purpose of tap- 
ping the mine at a depth 
of K.^/llt) feet, and work on 
\ \ this tunnel has contin- 

\ , lied almost uninterrupt- 

\ \ edly ever since. It is 

\ \ now in H.('>r>0 feet ; full dis- 

-*^ ' tance to be run, l."),()oO 

feet. The Ontario mine 
has already paid in divi- 
dends, S11,.'J2.5,0(K1, and 
the outlook is equally as 
fivorable for many years 
' come. 
L'he Daly MiningCom- 
iny, of which Mr. 
ambers is president, is 
!i i\v operating the Daly 
Mine, and although it 
has been but a short time 
since ore was first taken 
• nt, .<1,T(;2,.")H0 has been 
d in dividends, and 
tlie mine promises to be- 
come fully as valuable 
as the Ontario. 

Besides these two com- 
panies, Mr. Chambers is 
prominently connected 
with other leading cor- 
porations of Utah, and 
is regarded by all asso- 
ciated in business, as a 
man of exceptionally 
broad and liberal ideas, 
and administrative abil- 
ity. His vigorous poli- 
cies in the prosecution of 
all work ilevolving upon 
him in the divers posi- 
tions he holds, has met 
theapprobation and sanc- 
tion of all directors and 
co-oflicials, and under his 
able and conscienticus manage mentthe interestsot each stock- 
holder is subseived faithfully and honorably. Public spirited 
movements are tendered his endorsement and support, and 
every new project and enterprise calculated to benefit the com- 
munity or prove conducive to the public welfare is aided and 
encouraged. 

CONWAY & SIMMONS. 
The firm of Conway i Simmons, dtaltrs in teas, coffees, 
fpicts, etc., Sonth Third near South Main street, is composfd 
of P. .1. Conway and W. S. Simmons, and was organized and 
began operations about the first of April, ISSIlt. They occupy 
premises 18x70 feet in dimensions, used as a sample room and 
for otBce purpcEep,al6o a commodiousand well eiinipped ware- 
house TOxPti feet, opposite the depot. They make a specialty of the 
manufacture of extracts, hnking powders, etc.. and carry large 
slocks of teas, mostly of their own importation ;also best grades of 
Mocha, .Java. Maracaihoaud Kiocoll'ees, green and browted.the 
browning being done upon the premises, under the supervision 
of the film, together wilh spices, delicaefs,ctc., in great vaiiely. 
They handle gocde of the best quality, fill ordera promptly and 




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stand high with the trade to which they cater, pnucipally the 
retail jobbiug trade in Salt Lake City, and throughout Utah, 
Idaho, Montana and Colorado, aggregating more than 8150,000 
annually. The firm also represent in the West the houses of 
D. P. Winnie, dealers in twine, rope, etc., New York; William 
Peck\.t Co., wholesale grocers, San Francisco; D. B. Scully, 
syrups, etc., Chicago; the Southern California Packing Co., 
Los Angeles; Robert Gary, molasses, rice, etc., New Orleans, 
and others. , 

Mr. P. J. Conway is a native of Wisconsin and well known 
iu all parts of the West. Previous to his removal to Salt 
Lake, he was an extensive dealer in furniture, hardware, etc., 
at Omaha and North Platte, Neb., also commercially interested 
at other points on the "thither side of the Range." Mr. Sim- 
mons, the junior partner, was for years traveling salesman for 
Beem, Moflitt & Co., Kansas City, Mo.; for Carter Howley& 
Co., and other coffee and spice houses, and is intimately famil- 
iar with the requirements of the trade. 

. Both gentlemen are merchants of the liberal, progressive 
type, and the phenomenally large demands of the trade sup- 
plied by them is an eloquent acknowledgment of the pre-emi- 
nent position they occupy in the mercantile world. 



GEORGE ARTHUR RICE. 

Tlie subject of this sketch was born in Knox County, Illinois, 
March ■24th. 1859. He accompanied his parents to Colorado in 
1876, when his fatherengaged in mining atSuushine, in Boulder 
county. George Arthur soon after entered the State University, 
graduating from the Scientific department in 1882. His first 




engineering the Tintic branch of the Rio Grande Western 
railway was made possible, as it was through his personal 
efforts that the subscriptions were obtained necessary for its 
construction. 

The old adage that "Nothing succeeds like success," is veri- 
fied iu the past history of young Rice, and though the term 
"lucky" is frequently applied to his schemes; yet upon closer 
observation all his undertakings are thoroughly investigated 
from every possible standpoint before investing. Cool, calcu- 
lating and conservative, he from the beginningseems to forecast 
the hidden rocks, shoals and undercurrents that are likely to 
wreck a craft upon any "wild cat" scheme. 

Meeting his business engagements promptly, he is rather ex- 
acting in the obligations from others, yet he has great sympathy 
for those less fortunate in the race of life. In fact his nature is 
so confiding and sympathetic, like Horace Greeley, he is likely to 
be imposed upon sometimes. To the personal knowledge of the 
writer he gave away, quite recently, in various sums to parties 
"dead broke" and out of employment, what amounted to as 
much as the yearly salary of some men. 

A young man leaving college without a dollar, now only in 
his i3.3rd year proprietor of extensive sampling works, president 
of three banks and largely interested in several prominent 
mining properties, is certainly rather phenomenal. Who shall 
say, then, contemplating his past record, that he will not, at no 
very distant day, accomplish the enterprise that is the acme of 
his ambition, and to which his untiring energies are concen- 
trated; that is, the building of a railroad from this city to the 
Pacific Coast, and thus become one of the greatest benefactors 
to Salt Lake and the Territory of Utah? 



GEORGE ARTHUR RICE. 

employment was that of assayer and chemist for a mining com- 
pany operating a number of mines on Battle Mountain, in Eagle 
county, under the management of Judge I>. D. Belding. He 
afterwards opened an assay office in Leadville. In 1885 he 
located in Glenwood Springs, Colo., and established "Geo. 
Arthur Rice & Co.'s Bank," which afterwards culminated in the 
"Glenwood National Bank." His investments in real estate and 
the banks iu Glenwood were at the right time, and through his 
business sagacity he disposed of his real estate and banking in- 
terests at the height of the boom; hence seme of his friends, not 
so fortunate, called him "lucky George." In 1887, he with 
others established the First National Back at Grand Junction, 
and in 1889 the First National Bank at Ouray, Colo., of both of 
which banks he is still president, and they have m excellent 
financial leputation. In 1890 he established at Eureka, Utah, 
the "Geo. Arthur liice & Co.'s Bank," and he is also president 
of that institution, which is in a healthy condition and doing a 
splendid business. His latest venture, the sampling works at 
Eureka, with an average mcnthly capacity of 4,tll0 tons of ore, is 
an enterprise of pronounced success, and through his fine 



REILLY & KANE. 

The extent and value of Utah's coal deposits are not gen- 
erally known, but some of tLe discoveries already made, and the 
mines now in operation, prove conclusively that tbe Territory 
is abundantly supplied with this necessity. Messrs. Reilly & 
Kane, attorneys and counsellors at law, lOO and 101 Wasatch 
building, are attorneys and agents for the following named 
coal companies, a description of the mines and claims controlled 
by each being given in detail: The Bee Hive Coal and Reser- 
voir Company, is one of Utah's coal wonders, being situated in 
Emery county, forty miles from Price, a town on the R. G. W. 
li. H., and on the line of the new railroad survey. The coal 
property consists of eight claims of one hundred and sixty 
acres each. The coal does not appear to be in veins, but in 
"perfect mountains," and is practically inexhaustible. It is 
fine quality, also a good coking: coal, and will soon take the 
place of the Connersville coke in western markets. This pro- 
perty lies in the midst of a good grazing and farming country, 
with an abundance of fine timber for mining and all purposes 
required. The value of these mines may be estimated when 
the absence of coal in the adjoining states and teriitories is 
considered. 

The following gentlemen constitute the board of directors: 
H. W. Hooten, H. A. Ferguson, M. M. Busby, Thos. Kane and 
L. Cottrell. 

The Scandanavia Coal Company. This wonderful deposit 
of coal lies in Muddy Creek Canon, in Emery county, Utah, 
and comprises twelve claims of one hundred and sixty acres 
each, of fine hard coal. It is so situated in regard to lay of 
country, convenience to wood and water, that it can be worked 
cheaply, as the veins are continuous and thick, averaging twelve 
feet, also near the surface and easy of access to the R. G. W. 
R. R. This part of the Territory is one of the most wonderful 
coal regions in the world, being of vast extent near the surface, 
superior quality, convenient for all supplies, such as timber, 
water, food supplies and cheap labor. The coal is free from 
sulphur, being almost entirely consumfd, leaving but a very 
small per cent, of ash, and the deposits will make it possible to 
woik to advantage the exhaustless and wonderful mountains 
of iron and copper that now cannot be as profitably worked on 
account of the expense of coke for smelting purposes. 

The property is owned mostly by Salt Lake gentlemen, and 
the directors of the company are: Christopher O. Reynolds, 
Peter L. Johnson and Angus McKellar. 

The Emery County Coal Company. This is, perhaps, one of 
the largest holdings of coal in tbe country, consisting as it does 
of thirty-two claims of one hundred and sixty acres each, with 
an average depth of ten feet of cc al of the finest coking qual- 
ity, almost equal to that found at Conneisville, Pennsylvania. 
This immense tract of land, forming, as it does, one continuous 
coal bed, surrounded by hue timber, an abundance of water, the 
best of grazing land, and one of the richest agricultural sections 
of Utah, is well peopled with thrifty and industrious citizens. 




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Nature has do;ie everytliintr for this section. A railroHil has 
lately been surveyed to within twelve miles ot this coal vein, ami 
there is a good down grade from the coal beds to the railroad 
tracks. 

The oflicers and directors are: .Tohn Edwards, president; 
.Tohn O. Kobbins, vice-i)resident; Frank Moore, secretary; Geo. 
Busby, treasurer; H. i\I. Fusrate and I'rank llenrie. 

Messrs. Ueilly ^t Kane, attorneys for these mines, can be 
communicated with in reference to their value and output, ami 
will make proiujit reply. t;ivinff in detail facts and titjures in 
conuection therewith, and such other information as may be 
valuable and desirable to canitalists and others. 



WENDELL BENSON. 

A career that has been as hiiniiraliU' as it has l)een success- 
ful is that of Wendell 
Henson. No man has 
talked less and accom- 
plished more. His full, 
round face and beam- 
infT eyes bespeak perfect 
health and an amiable 
disposition. Hut there 
is back of this a staunch, 
resolute will, a self- 
mastery and manly 
courage, a cheerful hope, 
admirable traits of this 
quiet, genial and inval- 
uable citizen. 

Born on the rugged 
shores of Maine, at 
Fremont (Mt. Desert), 
Hancock countv, March 
'25, 1S,57, Mr. Benson is 
not yet thirty-tive years 
of age. lie is the de- 
scendant of a race of 
sea-faring men. and his 
jolly spirits and hearty 
nature come to bim 
naturally- as a cliild of 
the sea. Wlien but a 
lad he conducted a 
country store at his 
native town, but he soon 
tired of this and re- 
moved to Hostoii. where 
he engaged in the ship 
chandlery trade. In 1879 
he liecarae connected 
with C. S. Hutchings ( f 
Chicago, and remained 
in the World's Fair city 
pi.\ years. Moving to 
Omaha in l.SH.'>, he open- 
ed a wholesale tish 
market, out of which 
he made considerable 
money, and, getting a 
littlealiead in the world, 
he embarked in the real 
estate business, turning 
several fortunate specu- 
lations. In November, 
188!», he came to Salt 

Lake City, and, after looking over the town, he set his stakes 
to build a hotel. He went about his business so quietly that 
it was some time before the citizens fully cornpreliended the 
importance of the man or his project. It was not until the 
ground had b< en excavated and the walls began to go up that 
they comprehended the fact that Mr. Benson was building, for 
this city, one of the best hotels in the West. The majestic 
monument that now adorns one of the important cor- 
ners of State street, and which represents an investment 
of nearly lialf a million dollars, now known to the 
traveling public as the " Kuutsford Hotel," speaks higher 
praise to the originiitor of the project than words. The far- 
seeing business sagacity of Mr. Benson can in no better way 
be illustrated than in his selection of the site for tliis build- 
ing. At that time State street was without a single important 
building, except the old theatre, and its future quite uncertain 
anil undetermined. But time is rapidly vindicating the wis- 
dom of the choice. Mr. Benson and his partners received, as u 



bonus for the location of the hotel, ground valued at 884,000, 
and now worth not less than .'*l.'jn.()0O. 

Thimgh born in Maine, Mr. Benson is a staunch democrat. 
At the early age of twenty-one, his fellow townsmen recognized 
his worth as a citizen by electing him selectman and overseer 
of the poor. Since coming to Utah, Mr. Benson has been so 
engrossed with business, he having superintended the construc- 
tion of the hotel, that he had little time to devote to politics. 
The democratic convention, however, in casting about for the 
best men, honored Mr. Benson with a nomination to the upper 
house of the Territorial legislature upon a ticket, which, for 
the high integrity and sterling character of the candidates, has 
seldom, if ever been eiiualled by any convention. 

Mr. Benson takes a deep interest in the development of the 
city and Territory, and is now <iuietly promoting new enter- 
prises that promise as much as the Knntsford hotel, which is a 

credit to its builders and 
an ornament to the city. 




WENDELL BENSON 



THE DALTON 

GOLD MINING 

AND MILLING 

COMPANY. 

It is an accepted fact 
I bat the mining inter- 
>sts of any city conduce 
in the greatest degree 
to its material and per- 
manent welfare and Salt 
I iake is no exception to 
tins rule. As this city 
is the central point for 
trade of the Territory it 
is but natural that all 
I lie heavy mining com- 
[lanies should be con- 
lentrated here, .\mong 
those that bear a pro- 
minent part in the de- 
\flopment of the mining 
It-sources of Utah is the 
I lalton Gold Mining and 
Milling Oimpany, with 
a capital stock of $2,- 
nOO.ddO, divided into 
"iiio.OiiO shares of five 
dollars each. The 
ofhcers are: C. B. 
Weeks, president; Frank 
K. Kno.x, treasurer; G. 
I'. Dalton.vice president 
and superintendent, and 
( . 11. Wilbur, secretary. 
The property owned by 
the company was dis- 
covered liy Mr. Geo. F. 
1 >alton, after whom the 
mine was named, a 
native of Utah, where 
he was born in 1856. 
.\t the age of fourteen 
years he began to pro- 
spect and mine, and 
since that period has 
canvassed the entire Territory of Utah and Nevada, meeting 
with encouraging success and finally culminating in the discov- 
ery of the Dalton mine. The Dalton claim is l.().")llx L.'iOii feet 
in dimensions and consists of two claims, the " Hardcash " and 
the " Pearl," into which tunnels have been run, a vein devel- 
oped 300 feet in length, with a well-detined fissure, having 
strong crystallization. The vein rock is a lively clear quartz, 
showing much crystallization throughout and fissures of iron 
and talc. .\ shipment of ore was made recently that milled 
$4t)7.()llin gold perton: asecond shipment showed S'2,< '."w.CX) gold, 
and a third shipment -JtJoi.OO, a sure indication that the owners 
have "struck it rich." A Huntington mill with plates and con- 
centrators has been ere<!ted near the property, and is now in suc- 
cessful operation. Theseclaims are situated in Bullion Canyon, 
close to Marysvale, and are reputed the largest gold mines in 
the world, and the company will spare no pains nor expense to 
develop this fact, .\lthough a young man. Mr. Dalton has fully 
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F. SIMON. 

The career of Mr. F. Simon, whether reference is maile to 
the geutleman iu his capatity of private citizen, public bene- 
factor or buainees man, enthusiastic in the creation and pro- 
uiotiou of means having for their object the growth and de- 
velopment of the city and Territory he has adopted as his 
home, is too well known to require exhaustive elaboration. 
Mr. Simon is a practical man of the world, it might be addf d, 
of the orthodo.x school, who was born thirty-nine years ago in 
the village of Thorn, and kingdom of Prussia. As he grew in 
years and observation, he acquired the rudiments of an educa- 
tion, and secured an experience that probably, more than all 
else, especially equipped him for the duties of life. Ilejwas suc- 
cessful as a pupil. A student by nature, he never reached 
that point where he could learn no more, and his classical 
course at college was begun under auspices singularly feli- 
citous and promising. Financial reverses, however, put a per- 
iod to designs fond parents are wont to indulge for ambitious 
eons, and when but fifteen years of age young Simon landed 
at Castle Garden, Xew York, a stranger without friends and 
withbut little means. For two months he was subjected to 
hardshijis and privations, at the expiration of which time he 
obtained employment in the office of a (ierman journalist. The 
work there was hard, but he never allowed the severity of 
the service to atTect the faithful discharge of his duties and 
he constantly grew in favor with his employer. Asa result, he 
soon laid by sufficient means to pay for his transportation to 
the West, and in 187fi, he first arrived in Salt Lake City. 
At that date the present municipality was pretentious only to 
a small degree, and the surrounding country but sparsely 
settled. The conditions were new to Simon, and though anx- 
ious to accommodate himself to the circumstances, was doubt- 
less, not slow to realize that desideratum. He was im- 
pressed with the advantages apparent, and his study then 
was, as it has since been, how the situation could be im- 
proved, a problem the solution of which Mr. Simon has 
been largely instnimental in securing— a problem involv- 
ing the assimilation of business and social interests 
throughout the Territory has been brought to a successful 
issue through the employment of agencies Mr. Simon and 
others suggested and urged, whereby friction wa.s avoided 
and harmony was promoted. It might here be stated 
that he has ever been opposed to the inauguration or con- 
tinuance of violent measures advocated from time to 
time by radical elements iu various parts of the Terri- 
tory, and when a move was made to disfranchise the Mor- 
mon people, he opposed it with all the power at his command, 
and succeeded in throttling a measure that would have worktd 
irreparable ilamage to the people and the Territory. 

Ju all particulars and in all respects connected with the 
welfare of Utah and her people, Mr. Simon has always been 
one of the most intluontial of the pioneers in that behalf. 

-V generous man, ho has never grown rich, and though 
scarcely more than independent, he has been not only the in- 
spiration to great enterprises, but the man through whose 
liberality and public spirit they have been made to crystallize 
into being. The Chamber of Commerce, indeed, is said to have 
been of his creation, and each day since its organization has he 
given the undertaking a large measure of his personal at- 
tention. 

The Utah Loan and Building .Association, to-day controlling 
more than a quarter of a million of dollars capital, is indebted to 
Mr. Simon for its conception, birth and subsequent growth. 
For two years he tilled the chair of president of the asso- 
ciation with results advantageous to the trust, and is at 
present the treasurer of what is "recognized as one of the model 
organizations of the country." He is also vice-president and 
one of the stockholders of the Salt Lake Lithographing Com- 
pany, and head of the firm of Simon Hros., extensive dealers in 
millinery goods, silks, satins, laces, hijiiutcrU-, etc.. also general 
agents for the Deseret Woolen Mills, and potent factors iu the 
introduction and distribution of their products. In this field 
of usefulness the Simon Bros, have built up a trade so large 
and extended that the capacity of the mills has been enlarged 
to meet the growing demands. 

For a number of years Mr. Simon served as an officer of the 
Chamber of Commerce, but at the last election absolutely 
declined a re-nomination to the presidency, consenting, how- 
ever, to the universal demand that he retain the chairmanship 
of the linreau of Transportation \o the end that the work in 
that direction, already begun, might be continued without 
interruption. The city press, at his retirement from the 
presidency, editorially expatiated upon his work, Lis official 
acts that were of value to the city, and eloquently voiced the 



public regret manifested upon Mr. Simon's withdrawal from 
active participation in the affairs of the chamber. One of the 
first acts of the now board, upon being inducted into office, was 
to order the portrait of Mr. Simon to be hung in a conspic- 
uous place in the Kxchange room of the Chamber. 

The most eloquent tribute that admirers and a grateful pub- 
lic can address to Mr. Simon is, that he is a " self-made man, a 
suave, diginfiednnd courteous gentleman, typical of the highest 
form of American citizenship." 



BULLION-BECK MINE. 

Although the mining interests of Utah, and the West gen- 
erally, are yet in their infancy, some valuable claims have been 
discovered and developed of late years, which, from the extreme 
richness of the ore produced, is a sure indication that the hills 
and mountains of Utah are teeming with precious metals, and 
that the day is not far distant when this Territory will be one 
of the grandest mining camps in all the world. Among the 
many valuable properties in Utah, there is none, perhaps, of 
greater importance to the development of the country than the 
Bullion-Beck mines. They are located in the Tintic mining 
district, where they were discovered by Mr. .John Beck over 
twenty years ago. The products are gold, silver and lead pro- 
ducing ore, and have paid ten per cent, on a capital of S4,0(»n,OflO 
for the year 1890. The mines give employment to 50(1 men, 
and, in the latter year, the shipments from same amounted to 
2.3,000 tons of ore. The company is provided with all conven- 
iences necessary to a successful operation of the property, 
including hoisting works, stores, boarding houses, machine 
shops, railroad tracks, etc., including an engine of ."iOO-horse 
power capacity, and machinery and equipments of the most 




JOHN BECK. 

approved design and constrnction. The officers of the com- 
pany are: M. T. Thatcher, president; John Beck, vice-presi- 
dent; W. P. Preston, treasurer, and W. .1. Bailey, secretary. 

Adjoining and contiguous to the Bullion-Beck property, 
are a number of other rich claims, in which the same company 
is interested. These include the Caroline. 200 feet square, 
while to the north of the Beck is the claim of the Crown Point 
Mining Company, l,.'i(Ktx200 feet in size, of which .John Beck is 
president, and from which good paying ore is taken in large 
quantities. The Bullion-Beck Company also own the " Solid 
Muldoon Group," consisting of eight claims in the same dis- 
trict. The '■ Northern Spy " comprising six claims, is another 
rich properly the company is interested in. Hoisting aid 
other necessary machinery have been erect«il on the latter, ai.d 
a large unmber of men are employed. Prior to the erection of 
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was employed, and, with such crude appliances, the output of 
the mine was valued at 8 500,000. Since the improvements were 
made, however, the output has largely increased, and the 
future prospects of this claim are very bright. The capital is 
81,000,000, divided into 100,000 shares of $10 each, and the 
officers are: A. E. Hyde, president; John Beck, vice-president, 
and W. S. McCornick, treasurer. 

Another valuable property owned by Mr. Beck is the Gov- 
ernor mine, with an area 200x1,500 feet and valued at §150,000. 
The property has two shafts sunk on it of 175 and 132 feet 
respectively, and is supplied with all the necessary buildings, 
machinery, etc., for successful operations. 

Among other valuable interests for the development of 
which the public is indebted to Mr. Beck, is the Greaser, a 
mine adjoining the Northern Spy, the output of which, in gold, 
silver and copper, represents 8100,000 in value; the llammers- 
ville Water Company; the Utah Asphalt and Varnish Com- 
pany, with a capital stock of $2,500,000, and property consisting 
of 6,060 acres of land, located in Uintah county, by T. A. 
Walley in 1887, and containing a vein of aephaltum over fifty feet 
thick, extending nearly fourteen miles. The company, of 
which Mr. Beck is president, T. A. Walley, vice-president and 
general manager; Aurelius Miner, secretary, and A. E. Hyde, 
treasurer, proposes to manufacture varnish, the abundance of 
raw material, early completion of transportation facilities and 



her limits, and to himself and Mr. Hyde almost the entire 
credit of developing these properties are due. They are men 
of large and generous enterprise, and will still continue, in a 
greater measure than ever, to push forward to a successful 
issue those gigantic enterprises with which they are so 
closely connected, and which are valuable factors in the 
material growth and prosperity of the Territory. 



LOUIS FRANKLIN KULLAK 

was born of German and Irish parentage, on April 30, 1803, in 
Topeka, Kansas. His father, Hugo Kullak, was a carpenter 
and contractor. Louis F. is the eldest of three children ; went 
to the public schools of the then frontier town of Topeka until 
he was thirteen years of age, when his mother, his father hav- 
ing died when L. F. was only ten years old, with her family 
moved to California. Louis F. completed his education in the 
public schools and Sacred Heart College of San Francisco. 
After graduating, he clerked in various business houses until 
he entered the law office of Hon. Wm. L. Gill, of San Jose, Cal., 
where he studied law for a year and then entered the real estate 
and insurance business. For the past six years Mr. K. has 
been engaged in these lines with marked success, his opera- 
tions being characterized by shrewdness and good business 
judgment. Mr. Kullak has traveled all over the West from the 





T. A. WALLEY. 

unsurpassed quality of the asphaltum, justifying the conclu- 
sions of Mr. Beck and others as to the profit to be derived 
therefrom. The property contains 100 overfiowing wells, and 
the credit for the location and development of this property is 
also due to Messrs. Beck and Walley. 

The Ashley Coal Oil, Gilsonite and Mineral -Vgphalt Com- 
pany is still another enterprise conducted by the Bullion-Beck 
management, under the executive administration of Mr. Beck. 
The industry is also located in Uintah county, gives employ- 
ment to a force of fifty men and promise of results of the most 
substantial character and value to the Territory, as also to the 
company through whose enterprise its development is in 
progress. In addition to the above the company is heavily 
interested in deposits of porcelain clay and white fire clay. 
The latter, located in Utah county, is under the immediate 
control of Messrs. John Beck and A. E. Hyde, and a company 
is now in progress of organization for the manufacture of fire- 
brick on a large scale. A company has also been formed to 
manufacture chinaware from the porcelain clay. 

Mr. John Beck, by whom the Bullion-Beck property was 
discovered, is a native of Germany, having been born in 1843. 
He has resided in and been thoroughly identified with Utah 
for twenty-seven years, practically engaged in mining and pros- 
pecting. He is, perhaps, more largely interested in mining 
properties throughout the Territory than any other man within 



LEWIS F. KULLAK. 

Mexican line to the British possessions, and says Utah, with 
her untold resources, offers more inducements for the young 
man seeking a western home than any state or territory between 
the oceans. He has erected several business blocks in the city 
and has always had the interest and wellfare of Salt Lake at 
heart. He also owns valuable mining interests in Idaho and 
Big Cottonwood in Salt Lake county. Mr. Kullak is a repre- 
sentative young man of Utah, and all predict for him a bright 
future, for his iuHuence will yet be felt in the Territory. He is 
a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Stock and Keal Estate 
Exchange. 

CHAS. B. WEEKS. 

Although Mr. Chas. B. Weeks has been in Utah a compara- 
tively brief while, evidences accumulate to prove that he is a 
valuable acquisition to the territory. He was born in Nile 
county. 111., during 1816, and received his education in the 
public schools of Chicago. Afterward he studied law with 
the well-known attorneys, Osborn & Thompson, of the latter 
city, and was admitted to the bar. For more than twenty 
years he practiced before the highest courts of Illinois, Kansas, 
Colorado and California, finally locating in Salt Lake, when 
his eminent qualifications soon secured for him a position of 
enviable prominence. Previous to locating in Utah (it might 



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here be interpolated), he was the attorney of Stafford county, 
Kansas, for four vearB, and during the civil war was a member 
of the union army, beinK captured at Harper's Ferry, but was 
paroled and sent to Camp Douglas until he could be exchanged. 
In May, 18(55, he resigned with the rank of second lieutenant 
and resumed the discharge of his duties as a citizen. 

The Mary Mining Company of Utah, with headquarters in 
Salt Lake, hasacapital of Sl,'25(),000 divided into shares of 'J.'JU,- 
1100 at $5 each. The mines are situated in the Ohio mining 
district near Marysvale, and are among the richest in the world. 
Mr. Weeks was selected as the company's first secretary, and is 
also president of the Dalton (iold Mining Company mentioned 
at some length in another column of this work. 

The Mary mining claim is a silver bearing quartz lode, on 
which developments have been made that show ore of medium 
grades in large quantities for the reduction of which works 
have already been erected on the grounds and the process of 
active development has been commenced in a most practical 
manner. Mr. Weeks is a man of fertile resources with the 
capacity of adapting himself to all circumstances, and the com- 
pany which he represents is fortunate in having so able a man 
at its helm. The additional knowledge that he possesses on 
all law points enhances his value to the company, as also to 
those who are interested in the progress making in the mineral 
and other resources of the Territory. 



standing and marked reputation entitles them to mention is 
that Kigby lirothers, wliich was established a little over a year 
ago at 422 and 424 .South West Temple street. This institution 
is stocked to overtlowiug with all kinds and grades of staple 
and fancy groceries, including condiments of foreign importa- 
tion besides country produce, cigars, tobacco, wood and willow 
ware. Here you can also find the choicest steaks, juiciest 
roasts, sweetests cutlets at prices extremely low. 

Although the showing of this establishment is exceedingly 
creditable to the city of Salt Lake. Personally Messrs. C S. 
and .Tno. Rigby are gentlemen noted for their many sterling 
business qualities and gentlemen possessing a host of friends 
and patrons. 

THE ENTERPRISE HOTEL. 

Among the hotels in Salt Lake City that claim distinction 
in the matter of popularity, the Enterprise ranks as a general 
favorite. It w.is opened in March, 1890, by the present 
proprietor, who has been engaged in the business for many 
years; is situated in the heart of the business portion of the 
city, it occupies a three-story building, 85x85 feet in dimen- 




THOMl'SUN. 



THOMPSON AND WEIGEL. 

The doninuds of modern civilization have created a taste for 
the luxurious and beautiful, and in consequence, a higher grade 
of the works of art are required. In no particular class is this 

more noticeable, than in 
the science of architect- 
vire. The many handsome 
public buildings with 
which Salt Lake City is 
adorned, speak volumes 
for the men who drew 
the plans, and although 
the firm of Thompson it 
Weigel have been in Salt 
Lake but two years, it 
has been demonstrated 
J that the members are 
' artists of splendid ability. 
The composition of the 
firm is C. S. Thompson 
and S. J. Weigel. Mr. 
Thompson is anative of 
Massachusetts, but has 
been in the West for some 
time, and came to the Territory from Garden City, Kansas, 
where he attained to distinguished prominence in his art. Mr. 
Wiegel was born in the State of Xew York, and came to Salt 
Lake from Hastings, Nebraska. His reputation as an architect 
of the modern school had preceded him to this city, and his 
services have been in constant demand ever since his advent 
into Utah. Among the large number of public buildings and 
private residences that have been erected on plans prepared by 
this firm are the Agricultural College at Logan, the Keed 
Hotel at Ogden; City Hall and Pyner, Mabien and Martin 
three-story block at Provo, and various others, including resi- 
dences and public buildings at Salt Lake. The Morlan block, 
Telleride building and the McKinin's block, all handsome 
structures that were built under their direction. They have 
also drawn designs for a four-story apartment house 75x90 feet, 
to be constructed east of the Knutsford hotel, also for a four- 
story structure, 70x90 feet, for E. M. Biggs, on State road, a 
terrace building for the same gentlemen on Main street and 
Sixth Street South, one for .1. A. Morlan, 66 feet front, and 
one for J. H. Baldwin, 161 feet front; all pressed brick fronts, 
in same neighborhood. They are adepts in their line and can 
be depended upon to furnish the most desirable plans for any 
and all buildings. Socially they are clever gentlemen and 
fully identified with the interests of the city and Territory. 



RIGBY BROS. 

There is no more important factor in the commercial and 
industrial growth of the city, and no more unerring inde.x or 
text by which to judge of its enterprise, than the grocery and 
meat trade. Among the houses whose extended trade, higli 






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ENTEHPIUSE HOTEL. 

sions and contains sixty-five rooms, which have been newly 
furnished throughout. The house is conducted on the Euro- 
pean plan, and supplied with all modern conveniences for the 
accomodation of the public. It is well ventilated, easy of 
access, and the sleeping rooms are light, airy and cheerful. A 
first-class restaurant is connected with the house which 
furnishes luxurious meals at the most reasonable rates. The 
proprietor, Mr.'.F. H. Kussell. has been in Utah ever since 1869, 
engaged in various enterprises, such as mining, lumber, 
etc. As a landlord, he is popular with the traveling public, 
and under his management the Enterprise is attaining a 
success that can only be measured by its capacity to accommo- 
date the public. 

LOMBARD INVESTMENT COMPANY. 

To an Eastern investor who desires a higher rate of interest 
than he can command on securities of a local nature, the West 
offers an attractive field. The Loml)ard Investment Company, 
whose office is in the Emporium Building, corner First South 
and Main streets, was organized ten years ago, and has recently 
increased its capital to 84,(100,000, realized the fact that it was to 
their interest to open an office in this country, and that Salt Lake 
City was the most desirable point. The company located here in 
May, 1889, readv for business. It is one of the strangest and 
most conservative in the United States, and since its advent 
into the city, it has aided materially in the development of 
both the Territory and Salt Lake. The Lombard Company, 
since it began operations here has placed a very considerable 
sum of money on realty, not only in the city, but on improved 
farms through Utah and Southern Idaho. The capital is ample; 
applications for loans are treat«<l with prompt attention, and 
money is loaned without any unnecessary" red tape" delay. 

The manager of the Utah branch, Mr. W. H. Dais, has been 
with the company for several years. 



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NICHOLAS GROESBECK AND SONS. 



Among the earliest 
and most distinguished 
of the pioneers who lo- 
cated in Utah, and was 
identified with its sub- 
sequent progress and 
prosperity, was Nicholas 
G. Groesbeck, deceased. 
Mr. Groesbeck was born 
in Kensselaer County, N. 
Y., Sept. 5, 1819. In 1839 
he migrated to Spring- 
field, 111., where he mar- 
ried Miss E i z a b e t h 
Thompson and engaged 
in a general speculating 
business, in which he 
accumulated quite a 
snug little fortune. Feel- 
ing confident at this time 
of greater possibilities in 
the West, he joined a 
large train and party 
leaving Springfield, 111., 
for Utah, and after weary 
days of travel and threat- 
ening dangers, they 
reached the town of Flor- 
ence, Neb., whence after 
a fortnights 8ojourn,they 
again proceeded on their 
way, arriving safely at 
their destination in Oc- 
tober, and encamping 
uponthe very spot where 
the magnificant and 
costly structure built by 
Mr. Groesbeck, and 
known as the Wasatch 
block, now stands. After 
taking up his abode in 
his new and beautiful 
land, Mr. Groesbeck 
soon became deeply in- 
terested and took an 
active part in many 
movements and enter- 
prises designed to build 
up the country. During 
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NICHOLAS GROESBECK. 



1857 a large company 
was formed known as the 
Z. X. Co., in the organ- 
i^-.ation of which Mr. 
Grosbeck was promin- 
ent, and on March 5, 
1857, he started east for 
the purpose of making 
purchases for the com- 
pany. Upon his return 
in the fall of 18.57, with a 
heavy stock of merchan- 
dise, he encountered op- 
position from Gen. John- 
ston, commanding the 
National troops at Piatt's 
bridge. The goods were 
temporarily detained 
and in the following 
spring Mr. Groesbeck 
with others residing at 
a point north of Utah 
county removed to the 
present site of Spring- 
ville. Soon after the 
merchandise detained at 
Piatt's bridge was re- 
stored and Mr. Groes- 
beck opened a general 
merchandise store at 
Springville, which busi- 
ness he maintained until 
the spring of 1863, when 
he sold out his interest 
to N. H. Groesbeck, his 
eldest son. Following its 
disposition, he left Utah 
on a specific mission to 
Europe, where he remain- 
ed for over a year, when 
he was forced to return 
on account of failing 
health, and in 1869 and 
1870 furnished capital 
for the development and 
opening up of the fam- 
ous Flag Stafi mine, 
which afterwards proved 
to be one of the greatest 
producers in the Terri- 





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tory, and which was sold to an Eoglish company in 1871 for 
half a million dollars, Mr. (Iroesbeck goinj; to Kiirope to com- 
plete the nefjotintions. Upon his return to Salt Lake ("ity, he 



John A. Groesbeck, born at Sprincfleld, in 1S40; Hymm Groes- 
beek, born at SprinKtield, in IH.")!), and Haninel and Joseph S. 
(iroesbeck, born at Salt Lake City in the years 18'JU and 18G6 





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erected the Wasatch Bnilding and made other investments 
that added to the material resources and metropolitan appear- 
ance of the municipality. 



HYUUM GltOESBECK. 

respectively. Each has a predilection for mining industries 
and their ventures and speculations thus far have been attended 
with uniform success and prosperify. They are heavily inter- 





8. S. GKOESBECK. 

Mr. (iroesbeck died .lune 29, 1884, his wife, Elizabeth Groes- 
beck dying on the '28th of the preceding December. His life 
was characterized by energy, perseverance, sterling integrity 
and unselfish charity; whose conduct in the relations of parent, 
husband and friend exemplified to the fullest limit, that touch 
of nature which makes the whole world kin. 

The surviving sons, who are now associated together in 
business, under the firm name of (iroesbeck Bros., are as fol- 
lows: Nicholas H. (iroesbeck, born at Springheld. 111., in 
1842; William (Iroesbeck, born at Springfield, 111., in 1847; 



JOSEPH 8. GROESBECK. 

ested, in fact coutrol the Viclor Crold and Silver Mining Co., a 
corporation formed under the laws of Utah, in 1883, with a 
capital stock of S2,.50( 1,(101), consisting of 1 ,( K10,(X)0 shares, valued 
at S2..50 per share for the purpose of opening up and fully de- 
veloping what are known as the "Victor," " Ked Rose" and 
" Brazil" claims, situated in the Tintic mining district, now 
known the world over for its rich fields of mineral. Mr. Wm. 
Groesbeck is president of the company, John Groesbeck vice- 
president and Hiram (xroesbeck, secretary and treasurer, who 
with N. n. and Samuel Groesbeck form the board of directors. 



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In the prospecting of these claims, they have sunk a shaft 350 
feet and laid bare a vein of rich ore from 1 to 8 feet, an assay of 
which shows 2.5 per cent, lead and from 40 to .500 oz. of 
silver; also traces of gold. This discovery, it may be added, is 
an extension of the famous Mammoth mine that has yielded 
handsomely for years and on the same line with that of the Cen- 
tennial Eureka, a valuable producer. The Victor is near 
Silver City, and $40,000 have been expended in improving it 
with prospects for the future so promising, that no doubt exists 
but that it will become one of the richest in the territory. The 
York mine in the West Mountain mining district, is the proper- 
ty of John Groesbeck, D. H. McAllister and W. B. Andrews 
being also part owners. In area it is 600x1500 feet, and was 
discovered and patented in 1879 by James Chipman, Vho ex- 
tracted $80,000 worth of ore before parting witli it to the 
present owners. The latter have made improvements on the 
ground, including the sinking of a shaft to the depth of 500 
feet, from which drifts have been run in dift'erent directions, 
amounting in all to 2,000 feet, exposing ore in a vein from 2 to 
6 feet that assays 15 oz. silver, 50 per cent, lead and 1 per cent, 
gold. The mine is located within two miles of the railroad, 
with every facility for the convenient and rapid handling of 
large shipments of ore. 

The Messrs. Groesbeck are also officers and practically the 
sole owners of the mining property controlled by the Missoula 
Placer Mining Co., consisting of 240 acres of hydraulic placer 
mines, situated in Quartz Creek, Missoula County, Montana. It 
was discovered in 1870, and has since been constantly worked, 
yielding its owners more than 8500,000 in gold. 

The water for the successful working of the mine is con- 
veyed a distance of 1,400 feet, supplying two large Humes each 
2,.50O feet long, 5 feet wide and proportionally deep, aft'ording 
great pressure tor washing the ore, as well as dumping the 
debris into the Missoula river near by. The mine grows 
richer as the work progresses and the opinion obtains that its 
equal as a producing placer mine has never been discovered in 
the mineral districts of the west. The country roundabout 
the mine is well watered and timbered. The company operates 
its own saw mill, manufacturing the lumber required for build- 
ings and other purposes at the mines. 

The development of this mine, as well as the " Victor,'' the 
"York," and several others not mentioned herein, are due di- 
rectly to the enterprising and speculative spirit of the Groes- 
beck Bros., who are the largest property and mine owners of 
Utah; men of the most solid and substantial character, and 
typical representatives of the class whose united work has 
made the West what it is today. 



work and control some of the greatest dividend paying shares 
owned in Utah, and all of which are growing in magnitude and 
importance daily under his able supervision, while as vice- 
president of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange his services are in- 
dispensable. In addition to his holdings in Utah, he is presi- 



NICHOLAS TREWEEK. 

Utah numbers among her men of wealth and prominence, 
many who once occupied positions in life comparatively obscure 
who are now at the head of her greatest financial institutions, 
and looked up to as eminent examples of what men of ability, 
integrity and reliability can accomplish. The life of Mr. Nich- 
olas Treweek, vice-president of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange, 
is an illustration, his remarkable career having placed him in 
the front ranks of self-made men. Early in life Mr. Treweek 
was thrown upon his own resources, and while yet a mere boy 
living in England, the land of his nativity, received his first 
experience as a miner. Tbe surroundings, however, were such 
as to inspire a desire for change, and he came to America to 
pursue his chosen life work, unrestrained, and unimpeded. 
Since his arrival, many of the experts connected with his devel- 
opment of mines and mining industries have oceured in Utah, 
and in Utah too has his success been secured and liis prosperity 
acquired. Mr. Treweek not only holds extensive individual 
possessions but is closely identified with the mining industry 
of Utah where he has for years held positions of trust and re- 
sponsibility in the management and sale of splendid mining 
properties, besides acting as expert for prospective purchasers 
who always placed implicit reliance upon his judgment in esti- 
mating claims, extent of deposits, etc. In litigation where 
questions connected on the running interests have arisen, his 
testimony has been accepted as conclusive, and in private deals 
his advice is rarely overruled. The universal confidence mani- 
fested in his business sagacity, judgment, abilities and methods 
has been frequently expressed in his promotion to official po- 
sition in control of very extensive'corporate interests. Foremost 
among these is that of vice-president and general manager of 
the Alliance mining company, president of the Modoc Chief 
mining company and president of the Congo mining company. 
He also holds large interests iu the Addenda, Crescent, Apex 
and Clara mining companies, representative corporations that 




NICHOLAS TREWEEK. 

dent of the Altures Irrigation company incorporated for the 
purpose of constructing a 600 foot dam on Snake river in Cassia 
and Logan counties, Dakota, by which that stream will be 
raised thirty-seven feet, thereby rendering 100,000 acres of 
land as homes for at laast 25,000 people. The company has a 
capital stock of S l,00O,(J0O, divided into 10,000 shares. 

Mr. Treweek is yet in the prime of life, with a full measure 
of vital force essential to the highest achievement. A man of 
unflinching determination, indefatigable, constant and self- 
reliant, he never doubts his ability to accomplish the task he 
undertakes. Independent of his relations to the mining indus- 
try of Utah, Mr. Treweek occupies an exalted position in all 
the departments of life, and is esteemed not more for the pos- 
session of splendid abilities, than for the kindly sympathy and 
generous nature he possesses and manifests. 



ELECTRIC ICE CREAM PARLORS. 

About one year ago two gentlemen and a lady conceived the 
idea of manufacturing ice cream by electricity. The result was 
the opening of the Electric Ice Cream Parlors at 64 South 
Main street. They employ electric power altogether in the 
manufacture, and do a general wholesale business, making a 
specialty of ice cream, also confections for private suppers, 
public banquets, etc., and the firm is quoted as among the 
most excellent caterers in the country. 

The firm occupies a large two-story and basement build- 
ing, supplied with all modern appliances necessary for the 
rapid work required, and a force of seven assistants. In ad- 
dition to the wholesale business, the firm has elegantly fitted 
up reception rooms, ice cream parlors, etc., for the conven- 
ience of the public, which are most fashionable resorts. The 
members of the firm, J. M. Easton, Mrs. M. E. Easton. and H. 
W. Brown, have resided in Utah from seven to fourteen 
years and are prominent business citizens. Mr. J. M. Easton 
is president of the Emery County Bank, at Price, Utah, and 
is also connected with many other enterprises throughout 
the Territory. The industry managed by Mr. Easton's asso- 
ciates, Mrs. M. E. Easton and H. W. Brown, is a remarkable 
one in many respects. 




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MATTHEW WHITE. 

Matthew White was born in Xew York, February 1(5, 1834. 
lie be^iin business for himself in Philadelphia when IG years 
old. In 1857 he constructed in New York city the lurfiest malt 
house tlien known in this country or Kurope, and continued in 
this business uninteruptedly for thirty-two years. He came to 
lireat Salt Lake City .VuRUst lio, 186G, as captain and sole 
owner, with a train of tweiity-eijfht waRons, thirty-four men 
and 109 animals, making the quickest trip known from the 
" River" to th« city, being only forty-six day.'*; and as (tovern- 
or Young said, as ho reviewed the train standing in Main 
street, "that is the best 
looking ontfit that ever 
came in this alley." 

Mr. White had eighty- 
four tons of general mer- 
chandise and opened a 
wholesale store on Sec- 
ond South, near Main 
street. Business was 
very much depressed, 
being just after the close 
of the war, and that 
season over thirty 
steamers with goods ar- 
rived at Fort Benton. 
Mr. White returned to 
New York, leaving his 
goods with Ross & Bar- 
rett, taking his train 
back to Nebraska where 
he sold it. During the 
years '66 and '67 he made 
five trips across the 
plains, meeting all kinds 
of adventure, having 
had both feet frozen and 
Bwiming Bitter creek. 
He came to Utah in 
the autumn of 1880, to 
reside permanently, lie 
purchased, from differ- 
ent sources over "on 
acres on the east shore 
(>f the (ireat Salt Lake, 
the property now known 
is Saltair Beach. Mr. 
White has designed and 
had built a " Marine 
Villa," the most unique 
and complete house ever 
seen: square outside, 
octagon inside; one- 
story outside, two and 
three inside. Here he 
resides, having fruit 
trees and vegetables 
within the reach of the 
spray of the briuest 
sheet of water in the 
known world. 

What "Tuxedo" is to 
New Jersey and New Y'ork, or " Lennox" to the New England 
States, "Saltair" will be to this inter-mountain region. 

During the summer of 18'.)1, "The Saltair Beach Company." 
was incorporated with a capital of $250,00(1, Hon. (Jeo. <^). 
Cannon, president. The development began with platting one 
tenth of the property on the north and connected by the Sal- 
tair boulevard with the city in a straight, level drive-way, 
132 feet wide and only thirteen miles from the lake 
to Main street. The Saltair Beach property extends 
more than two miles along the shore, and with a steam railway 
and an electric car line now in process of construction the 
transportation will be convenient and continuous. 

The improvements contemplated at Saltair Beach are: a pier 
half a mile long, with bathing, boating and other facilities con- 
nected therewith: a club house and casino for resident prop- 
erty owners, open all the year; a hotel for tourists and sum- 
mer visitors, and a sanitarium, within forty acres, one third of 
which comprises a lake supplied by springs of hot sulphur and 
salt water. Invaliils will (ind the best climatic and sani- 
tary position in the world with a genial, buoyant atmosphere 
day and night, and the most pictures(iue views of mountain 
scenery, with the full extent of the grand Inland Sea and its 
magnificent sunsets. 



About three hundred acres of the Saltair Beach property 
will be set aside as a park, and lots of any size wanted will be 
sold for suburban residences with restriction that no fences be 
allowed. The Saltair property is situated on immense shale 
beds, and this material makes the most perfect roads and walks 
that can be imagined. The Beach at Saltair is pure white 
oolitic sand, so smooth and hard that driving on it makes but 
little impression. The managing director of the Saltair Beach 
Company is Matthew White. 




M.\TTIIE\V WHITE. 



TAYLOR BROTHEKS. 

In Salt Lake City one 
of the most trusted and 
highly respected tirms is 
that of Taylor Bros., at 
66 S. Main street. The 
tirm was established in 
1888, and is composed of 
Frank Y. and M. W. 
Taylor, both natives of 
Utah. They do a gen- 
eral real estate and loan 
business, in which they 
handle some of the fin- 
est property in the city, 
being also agents for 
the celebrated and at- 
tractive capitol hill 
property, situated 
around the capitol 
grounds, one of the most 
eligible building sites 
for residence purposes 
in the city. This fine 
body of ground occu- 
pies a high elevation, 
and has recently been 
granted water privileges 
by the extendsion of the 
mains thereto, .\nother 
inducement is offered 
by the extension of the 
tracks of the electric 
road to the property, a 
franchi.se having been 
),'ranted for that pur- 
pose. In addition to 
these the lirni handle 
the Woodmausee and 
South-Belmont addi- 
tions, both within the 
city limits, near Lib- 
erty Park, also on the 
line of the electric rail- 
way. These properties 
ciimmaud a fine view of 
the city, and are very 
eligible and attractive, 
especially for residence 
sites. They also have 
listed an area of valua- 
ble inside business property, and make a specialty of hand- 
ling larger pieces of property than most agents are thereby 
able to furnish acreage lots when so desired. They can also 
supply property in any quantity and at all prices to suit the 
will, convenience and pocket-book of investors. 

Mr. M. W. Taylor was for many years city assessor and col- 
lector, a position he held until the election of the Liberal 
ticket. 

Conducted as the business of Taylor Bros, is, on the broad 
plane of business honor, its future is assured. The gentlemen are 
thoroughly reliable and all business entrusted to them will be 
treated with judgment and promptly attended to. 



CHARLES OLSEN'S BAKERY AND CONFEC- 
TIONERY STORE. 

If there is any one thing more than another that is of im- 
portance to the average citizen, it is to know where to get 
the best the bakery afTords and at moderate prices. The 
above is the most popular bakery in the city, where the 
hungry wayfarer may obtain the most wholesome of bread- 
stuff and delicate pastries. Mr. Olsen, the proprietor, also 



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caters to balls, banquets, etc., and supplies those delicious 
edibles always desirable on such oocasions. 

The department devoted to baking, where all the differ- 
ent kinds of bread and pastries are mixed and baked, is un- 
der the caroful personal supervision of the proprietor, Mr. 
Chas. Olseu, who is a gentleman that has gained an emi- 
nence in the mercantile arena only attained by the strictest 
adherence to honest business principles, coupled with enter- 
prising yet careful business methods. He is looked upon as 
one of our representatives merchants. 

Mr. Olsen also handles all kinds of tropical fruits and 
confections and soda water, etc. 



JAMES F. WOODMAN. 

In reviewing the lives 
of Utah's great men, es- 
pecially those who have 
achieved distinction as 
successful mining spe- 
culators, it is with pleas- 
ure that reference is made 
to the name of Mr. James 
F. Woodman, of Salt 
Lake City, and one of 
the wealthiest and most 
popular mining men in 
the Territory. He may 
well be called the pioneer 
miner of Utah, tor that 
industry was yet in its 
infancy when he reached 
the Territory early in the 
year 1865. His successful 
ventures and operations 
in almost every mining 
district of importance in 
the Territory since that 
time, are well known. Not 
only has he brought to 
light, by personal pro- 
specting, some of the 
richest and most exten- 
sive deposits, but has 
been instrumental to a 
large degree in further- 
ing the development, and 
intensifying the interest 
taken by capitalists in 
this Territory. Mr. Wood- 
man's mining career be- 
gan in 18(17, in the famous 
California gold field. He 
remained in that State 
for seven years, thence 
removing to Virginia 
City, Nevada, where he 
met Capt. J. M. Day, an 
explorer well known 
throughout the West. 
About 1864 the discovery 
of valuable oil wells near 
Bear River was reported, 
and Messrs. Woodman 
and Day left for Utah tc 
make investigations, but 

without success, and continued on to Pahranagate, then 
thought to be a part of Utah, where he took au active part in 
forming what is known as Lincoln county, Nevada, with Hiho 
as county seat. Mr. Woodman erected the second house ever 
built in the valley, following which time there has sprung up 
a well settled section of country. After remaining there for a 
time he came to Salt Lake City, but located in the Little Cot- 
tonwood mining district, where he discovered the famous 
Emma mine, a rich and extensive ledge of ore, from which 
millions of dollars have since been made. He immediately sold 
a small interest in the claim to Walker Bros,, of Salt Lake City, 
and work in the mine began. He retained control of the prop- 
erty until 1870, when he sold the balance of his interest to 
Warren Hussey for a large sum of money, and left Utah, only 
to return, however, in 187.5. to continue his mining exploits. 
From that time until now Mr. Woodman has been an active 
and vigorous operator in all that pertains to the mining inter- 
ests of Utah. He is not only a large stockholder in many of the 




richest and most extensively worked mines of the Territoryi 
but holds important offices in the corporations controlling 
them. Besides this, he is deeply interested in a large number 
of undeveloped claims in various prominent districts, which 
promise, when work is commenced and ore taken out, to yield 
vast mineral treasures and fully double the present produc- 
tion of the Territory. He is one of the directors of the Hot 
Springs Rapid Transit Co.; of the Centennial Eureka Mining 
Co.; of the Salt Laka City Loan & Trust Co.; of the Park City 
National Bank; also principal stockholder in the Cane Spring 
Gold Mining Co., and other leading enterprises which have been 
the means of elevating the City of Salt Lake and Territory of 
Utah to the advanced positions they now occupy. 

It is due to the meritorious work of such men as Mr. Wood- 
man that Utah is nov regarded by the country at large, as the 

most promising and pro- 
fitable place for the in- 
vestment of capital, and 
the most desirable place 
for settlers of all classes 
to locate That the im- 
mense and varied resour- 
ces known to exist within 
the Territory should be 
brought forth that their 
intrinsic value may be 
utilized, is of vital and 
essential importance to 
the public welfare. To 
inaugurate the stupen- 
dous projects and move- 
ments necessary to do 
this, requires the service 
and aid of men of iron 
energy, indomitable per- 
severance, sterling in- 
tegrity and strict busi- 
ness sagacity. These 
rare qualities have been 
bodied forth in the lives 
and efforts of the men 
who have accomplished 
the transformation the 
Territory has already 
undergone, and the men 
who'have faithfully stood 
by the Territory in the 
years of toil and adver- 
sity, are still in the ful 
vigor of manhood, pre- 
pared and willing to lead 
the way on to greater 
advancements. 



JAMi'S F. WOODM.\N 



W. W. CHISHOLM. 

Out of the heterogene- 
ous swarm that spread 
over the intermouutain 
country in search of 
wealth during the years 
following the gold excite- 
ment in California, few 
men have had a more 
successful career than 
W. W. Chisholm, treas- 
urer of the Centen- 
nial Eureka Mining Company. Born at Hazel Green, Grant 
county, Wisconsin, June '_'(i, 1842, he first came west in 1864, 
and, after a brief stay at Virginia City, removed to Utah, where 
he has since resided. One of the most active and energetic 
mining operators in the Territory, his practical experience as 
a trained miner enabled him to become one of the original 
owners of the Emma mine, a property that has attracted 
greater attention on the London Exchange than any mine in 
the western country, and which was afterward sold to an 
English syndicate for a fabulous sum. The same practical 
knowledge which turned a " big profit " out of t he Emma mine, 
led Mr. Chisholm to conclude that the Tintic mining district 
was destined to become one of the great mining camps of the 
West, and good judgment to direct his becoming a large 
owner in the Centeunial-Eureka mine, a property now consid- 
ered a veritable bonanza to its owners, and with but two rival 
in the Territory— the famous Ontario and the Bullion-Beck. 
Mr. Chisholm's success in all other ventures has prompts 



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him to develop new mines, and, to-d.iy, he is interested in every 
miuiiig camp of auy importance in Utiili, being siL-tively engaged 
in other enterprises as well, lie is president of the Cain 
Springs Mining Company, a director in the Sunset Mining 
Company, secretary and treasurer of Slaker Mining Company, 
and vice-president of one of Salt Lake City's most reliable 
banking houses — the Haok of Commerce; also a director iu the 
First National Bank of I'ark City, and director of the Salt 
Lake Valley Loan and I'rust Company. 

In this review of one of Utah's representative citizens, it 
is a pleasure to accord to \V. W. Chisliolm a place in the trout 
rank of the successful miners of the Creat West. He is thor- 
oughly informed on all 
points pertaining to the 
mining industry of the 
country; anxious to see 
the country's resourcen 
fully developed, and will 
gladly furnish any in- 
formation desired l>y 
prospective investors. 




THE VALLEY 
HOUSE. 

People traveling with 
their families andsolici 
tous to secure comforta- 
ble quarters, upon 
reaching the city are 
more than gratified when 
quiet accommodations 
and that freedom not to 
be found at the larger 
and more public hotels 
of a metropolis are 
placed at their disposal. 
Those visiting Salt Lake 
and desirous of quarters 
of this kind are recom- 
mended to register at 
the Valley House, of 
which Geo. W. Carter is 
proprietor, and in the 
management of which 
he is assisted by his 
estimable wife, a lady 
who makes it a rule to 
take special care of the 
lady and children guests. 
That she succeeds is 
evidenced by the fact 
that a number of the 
best families of the city 
have made the Valley 
House their home for 
years. The hotel is most 
conveniently situated on 
one of the best corners 
in the city, oppos- 
ite the celebrated Mormon Tabernacle and Temple Square 
and atrording a fine view of the magnificent buildings therein. 
Two lines of electric cars pass the doors and generally the 
house is first-class in every respect. The rooms are large and 
airy, well furnished and ventilated, and provided with every 
modern convenience, while the table furnishes the most 
toothsome of substantials and luxuries to be found in the mar- 
kets. The delightful situation, home-like location in the midst 
of a grove of trees, its charming surroundings, including well- 
kept lawns, cosy cottage attachments for the special conven- 
ience of families, and other attractive features have acquired 
for the Valley House an extended reputation and a patronage 
that is only limited by the capacity of the house itself. The 
clerks and attendants are polite and attentive to the wants of 
guests, and the genial landlord, assisted by his amiable and ac- 
complished wife, lend their presence and etforts to the enter- 
tainment and hospitality of those who are fortunate in becom- 
ing guests. 

SOLOMON BROTHERS. 

Few of the business houses of Salt Lake can advance so 
many claims to public notice and favor ;is the one whose name 
stands at the head of this article. The age of this, the high 
standing which it has always maintained iu the mercantile 



WILLIAM W. CH18H0LM 



world, the great reputation it bears all over the West, as well as 
the magnitude of its business operations, all unite to render it 
eminently deserving of the highest commendation in the pages 
as a work devoted to an impartial presentati<m of the advan- 
tages of Salt Lake in a commercial and industrial point of view. 
This house has had a most creditable history and prosperous 
career. For more than twenty years the Solomon Bros, Alfred 
end James, have been engaged in the business of wholesale 
dealers and manufacturers of boots and shoes at 7l) .South 
East Street. In that time they have built up one of the finest 
trades of any house of the city. They occupy a commodious 
two story building for a factory and salesroom, which is filled 

with choice goods in 
their line. The factory 
gives employment to 
forty hands, who are 
constant ly employed. 
Their pay-roll will in 
consequence amount to 
a large sum annually and 
is one of the largest of 
any house in the city. 
They carry an average 
stock of S2r5,()0() and 
their annual sales range 
from S(i( 1,000 to S"5.()(J0. 
They sell goods through- 
out Utah, Nevada, Idaho, 
New Mexico, Wyoming, 
Colorado and .\rizona, 
and their trade is con- 
stantly increasing, as 
the character of the 
goods turned out by the 
firm are of such an ex- 
cellent quality as to 
be constantly in demand 
all over the wide ranches 
of the territory in which 
they are sold. The Sol- 
omon brothers came to 
Salt Lake with the pion- 
eers of 1847, and have 
been continuous resi- 
dents ever since. When 
they landed on the pres- 
ent site of Salt Lake 
City, Mr.James Solomon 
had wealth to the 
amount of just one pen- 
ny, which he still retains 
in memory of old times, 
lie says, to use his own 
language, "I rub it when 
I get short and my 
courage comes back 
again." He can now, 
however, count his dol 
lars instead of pennies, 
all of which he has 
earned by hard labor 
and diligence through thirty-four years of steady applica- 
tion to business. Alfred SoU nion is a Bishop of the MornK ii 
church in the twenty-eecond ward, and has always been one (if 
the most prominent members of the same. Alfied, who is the 
youngest of the brotlieis, wks niarehall aiul chief of loliceof 
ihe city for four years, up to the advent of the liberal farty 
into power, last year, and during all his otticial career was an 
honest, conscientious man, and a gallant < tlicer. He is uni- 
versally esteemed and respected by all who have the pleasure 
of his acquaintance, and recognized as a man of ability in com- 
mercial circles. Both the brothers are largely interested in 
realty, consisting of business property in the city and farms 
adjacent thereto. Some of these farms are worth large sums of 
money, the brothers having been ottered from ^bUO to Sl(>(:() per 
acre for the same. They however refused the offer, believing 
that Salt Lake and I'tah have a wonderful future before them, 
and are therefore willing to trust for greater rewards when the 
development of ihe city and territory shall be more fully ac- 
complished. The Solomon brothers are public-spirited, liberal 
and enterprising men. standing deservedly high, both as mer- 
chants and citizens. .\8 a firm they add greatly to the building 
up of the city's interest and deserve classification Bmong the 
leading commercial and industrial enterprises of Salt Lake and 
Utah. 



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A. L. WILLIAMS. 

The subject o£ this sketch, A. L. Williams, was recently 
made the central figure of a hotly contested political campaign, 
and, to his credit, be it said, he came out unscathed. While a 
democrat in national 
politics, Mr. Williams, 
in Utah, has acted with 
the liberals, and in his 
adherence to the party, 
he has been a steady and 
active leader. When the 
local democrats organ- 
.ized in 1890, they were 
anxious to secure his 
support, and tendered 
him the nomination of 
county collector. Here- 
fused the tender, how- 
ever, and was nominated 
by the liberals by ac- 
clamation. His popu- 
larity was so great that 
many proposed candi- 
dates withdrew from the 
field and allowed Mr. 
Williams the nomination 
for the best office at the 
disposal of the conven- 
tion, without an oppos- 
ing vote. The republi- 
cans nominated the most 
popular man in their 
party,and the democriits 
cast about for a strong 
man to beat Mr. Wil- 
liams, and after a bitter 
and exciting campaign, 
during which the char- 
acter of the liberal can- 
didate was attacked at 
every point, he amply 
vindicated himself by 
forcing his assailants to 
make ampleapology,and 
by a plurality of 1,U97 in 
the city, and 560 in the 
county. But after his 
splendid triumph at the 
polls, he was denied the 
office on a legal technic- 
ality. His popularity, 
however, will no doubt 
lead him forward to still 
further conquests. 

Born at^ Bangor, Wales, September 13, 18i9, he came to 
Utah in 1878, and has since been continually engaged in the 
coal business, in the pursuit of which he has built a trade that 
amounts to halt a million dollars annually. He has also given 
substantial support to mining industries, and is interested in the 
development of some valuable properties in Bingham, Dugway, 
and Clifton mining districts; president of the Union Pacific 
Mining Company, at Eureka, also of the Vispatian mine in the 
West Mountain mining district, at Bingham, and from which 
has been extracted ore of the value of 88,000 per month. This 
latter mine gives employment to fifteen men and the average 
pay-roll is i 3,000 per month. He is also largely interested in 
city and county real estate. 

Mr. Williams' fine social nature and hearty geniality make 
him a host of friends, and for his valuable party services while 
a resident of Illinois, he was selected as a delegate to the 
national convention which nominated Samuel J. Tilden for the 
presidency. The liberals of Utah appreciating these good 
qualities elected him to the Territorial legislature, and he par- 
ticipated in the debates upon many important bills passed by 
that body in the year 1890. 

In brief, Mr. Williams has the qualities of mind and heart 
which endear him to all that know him. 




Photo by Shipler. 



A. L. WILLIAMS. 



THE 



STORAGE 



MOUNTAIN ICE & COLD 
COMPANY. 

Within a comparatively recent period Mr. John Heil, Jr., a 
representative member of eomiDercial circles of Salt Lake 
City, laid the foundatiou for an euterpriee which has since been 



incorporated under the name and style of " The Mountain Ice 
k Cold Storage Company," with Mr. Heil as president and Will- 
iam E. Mesick, secretary and treasurer. The purposes of the 
company are fully set forth in its corporate title, and the facil- 
ities and equipments necessary to a successful and prosperous 

conduct of operations 
are complete and adapt- 
ive. 

The premises occupied 
consist of two commo- 
dious and comprehen- 
sively appointed build- 
ings, each 1.50x100 feet 
in dimensions, and in 
every particular speci- 
ally suited to the re- 
quirements of the ser- 
vice to which they are 
severally devoted. The 
buildings are located 
at86-t South Third St. 
West, convenient to 
business and supplied 
with unsurpassed ship- 
ping accommodations, 
the office being situa- 
ted at 56 East Second 
S o nth Street, hand- 
somely furnished and 
designed for the rapid 
transaction of business. 
The manufacturing 
plant is equipped with 
all modern machinery 
for the dispersion of 
cold air equally through- 
out the storage ware- 
house and for the man- 
ufacture of ice, with a 
capacity for the latter of 
100 tons daily. This, 
with the natural ice ob- 
tained from Parley 
Canon, is sufficient to 
meet the present de- 
mands. A force of forty- 
five capable and exper- 
ienced operatives are 
kept steadily in the 
company's service, and 
a business of more 
than 3100,000 is annu- 
ally disposed of. The 
plant represents an in 
vestment approximating 
a quarter of a million dollars, and under the management of 
men BO universally known and esteemed as Messrs. Heil and 
Mesick, has attained to a fiont rank among the industries of 
Utah and the West. 

ANGLO-AMERICAN SHIRT FACTORY. 

' The industries of Salt Lake City are fully as varied as in any 
city in the country, and many of them have attained a magni- 
tude far in excess of the most sanguine anticipations of their 
originators. Among these, which stand forth as illustrations 
of the foregoing statement, none are more prominent than the 
Anglo-American Shirt Manufactory, with office and factory at 
62 and 63 Commercial block. 

The business was established by Mrs. G. W. Snell, Aug. 
5th, 1890, and at once attracted the attention and patronage of 
the most prominent citizens and business men of Salt Lake 
and the Territory, not only retaining customers who first fav- 
ored the institution, butrapidly acquiring new patrons. The es- 
tablishment occupies four large rooms in the Commercial block, 
and employs twenty-one ladieB,who are kept constantly occupied 

Mrs. Snell manages the business with signal ability, giving 
close attention to the workmanship and fit of all articles which 
leave her factory. Her trade, which annually amounts to 
thousands of dollars, extends throughout Idaho, Colorado, 
Wyoming, Nebraska and Oregon. 

This is the only factory of this kind in the Territory, and 
the success with which it has met, and its large and rapidly 
growing patronage is an evidence of the character of its work, 
and the Batisfaction accorded it. 




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OFFICIALS OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH, COUNTY AND CITY OF SALT LAKE 
AND PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE SALT LAKE CITY BAR. 



HON. A. L. THOMAS. 



The history of a nation is nothing more than a history of 
the indivi<biBls composing it, and as thpy are characterized by 
loftier or lower ideals, or aituated by the spirit of ambition or 
inditTereuce, so it is with the State. The history of the West is 
the best illustration of 
this fact that can be 
asked for. It is univer- 
sally acknowledged that 
nowhere in the world 
has greater, or more 
substantial progress 
been made than in the 
mountain region, of 
which Salt Lake City 
is the commercial and 
intellectual center. Her 
leading citizens are, for 
the most part, men of 
unequalled force of 
character and ability, 
and it is due to the sen- 
timent and concentra- 
tion here of their ener- 
gies, ihat her proud lead 
has been achieved and 
is now maintained. We 
refer to Hon. A. L. 
Thomas, Governor of 
Utah, as the best in- 
stance of a true leader 
in the West that can 
be chosen. Governor 
Thomas was born in 
Chicago, Illinois, thirty- 
nine years ago, and re- 
ceived his education in 
the public schools of 
Pittsburg. Penupylva- 
nia. He has been ident- 
ified with the public in- 
terests of Utah and oc- 
cupied positions of otK- 
cial trust ever since 
1879. In that year he 
was chosen Secretary of 
the Territory and held 
the position for eight 
years. From 1SS7 to 
iSS'.t he was a member 
of the Utah Commission, 
and was appointed Gov- 
ernor in the l«t'er jear j,|^^,_^ Sl.iplpr. HON. .\. L. THOM.iS, Territorial Governor. 
by President Harrison. 

Prior to this, in 18H0, he was acting-Governor during one-half 
the term of the se.ssion of 1882. He was also Supervisor of the 
Census of Utah in 1880, and has, in consequence, been con- 
nected with the Territory in some official position for twelve 
years or more. Governor Thomas, in local politics, is a prom- 
inent Liberal, and was the leader of that great movement in 
1879 when the Liberal ticket was carried by a majority of only 
forty-one votes. He is a man of strong force of character, firm 
in his convictions of right and wrong, and it is generally con- 
ceded that no occupant of the Governor's chair has filled it 
with more ability and honor to himself and advantage to the 
Territory than Hon. A. L. Thomas. He is largely interested in 
the mining industries of Utah, and is e.xpeuding thousands of 
dollars in the development of claims in which he has heavy 
interests. Governor Thomas is not yet in the prime of his life, 
but has developed wonderful business and executive talent. 
and is considered one of the moat astute politicians in the 
country. His long years of oflicial service in the Territory, 
and his untiring devotion to her interests, have made him very 
justly popular with the masses. As the chief executive of the 
same he has always been honorable and conscientious in his 
duties, and it highly esteemed for his many sterling qualities of 
heart and head. 



n There is do man who bears a higher or better name, and as 
a supporter of and contributor to the wealth and prosperity of 
Salt Lake and Utah, there is no one who is doing more than 
Governor Thomas. 



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Hon. Charles S. Zane 
was born in Morris River 
Township, Cumberland 
County, Xew .lersey, in 
the year 1831, and re- 
moved to Sangamon 
County, 111., in 18.-)l). He 
was educated at Mc- 
Kendry College.St. Clair 
County, and was admit- 
ted to the bar in the 
spring of 18.57, by the 
Supreme Court of 111. 
In 18.')8, he was elected 
city attorney of Spring- 
fied. 111., and re-elected 
in 18(J0. He was also 
chosen for the same pos- 
ition in 18()5. In the 
spring of 1861, he formed 
a co-partnership with 
that brilliant Illinois 
attorney, W. H. Hern- 
don, with whom the 
martyred Lincoln was 
associated in the law 
practice for many years. 
This partnership was 
continued for eight years 
with great success, when 
the firm was dissolved, 
and Mr. Zane entered 
into partnership with 
Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, 
United States Senator 
from Illinois, which con- 
tinued until 1873, when 
he was elected Circuit 
.ludgeof the Springfield, 
111., Circuit, a position 
he filled for six years, 
when he was elected Cir- 
cuit .Tudge of the fifth 
district, that state. This 
position he held until 
1884, when he was ap- 
pointed Chief .Justice of 
the Territory of Utah by 
President Arthur, filling that office with great credit until 
1888, when Chief .Justice Sanford became the incumbent and 
so continued until 1889, when he was in turn succeeded by 
Judge Zane, under appointment of President Harrison. He is 
still serving as Chief .Justice of the territory, and by virtue of 
this office, .Tutlge of the 3rd judicial district of Utah. 

Many of the decisions made by .Judge Zane during his judi- 
cial career, have became national in their character, among 
them being the celebrated case of the State of Illinois, vs. the 
Chicago k .\lton Railroad Company. In the trial of this case 
before Judge Zane, a writ was issued removing the .'same to the 
United States District Court. The removal of the case was 
denied by Judge Zane. in which decision he was sustained by 
the United States Supreme Judge, thereby establishing a pre- 
cedent in the disposition of similar questions. Other noted 
cases, wherein he greatly distinguished him.ielf, were the cele- 
brated injunction suits against the St. Louis ISridge Company, 
the Madison County Ferry Company and the Wiggins Ferry 
Company. The nature of these suits was an injunction issued 
by the Judge, enjoining them from executing a contract where- 
by the ferry companies would refrain from exercising the rights 
provided in their several charters, whereby travel would be 
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receive a percentage of the bridge company's profits. His 
action in these matters gave evidence of his pre-eminent fitness 
tor the "equity and good conscience" inseparable from judicial 
position. 

When Judge Zane arrived in Utah, during 1884, he found 
that, although there had been a law in force for twenty-two 
years against polygamy and bigamy, there had only been one 
person punished for a violation of its provisions within that 
time. He held court in September of that year and a large 
number of convictions for polygamy followed, a result that was 
succeeded by a rigid 
enforcement of the law 
thereafter, in which the 
president of the Mor- 
mon church aided by the 
issuance of his manifesto 
declaring the law bind- 
mg and advising his peo- 
ple to abide by it. Judge 
Zane took this as an 
evidence of good faith, 
governing himself ac- 
cordingly, and when the 
people's party disbanded 
he at the same time ad- 
vising the democrats and 
republicans to organize, 
the people to join one 
or the other, according 
to their political procliv- 
ities. 

Judge Zane is 60 years 
old, tall and dignified in 
appearance, and is the 
ideal gentleman iu every 
respect. His decisions 
on the bench of Utah, 
although they have been 
made with due regard for 
the law and the uphold- 
ing of the same, have al- 
ways been tempered 
with leniency as far as 
practicable, and he has 
a host of warm per- 
sonal friends, even 
among those who are 
politically opposed to 
him. He is a strong 
power in the party to 
which he belongs, and 
his able voice is ever 
heard in the advocacy of 
its principles whenever 
the occasion demands. 
He is strongly identified 
with the interests of Salt 
Lake and has interests 
within her limits. 




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HON. f'HAKLES S. Z.\NE, 



BENNETT, MARSHALL & BRADLEY. 



of one of the leading institutions of learning at the South. He 
too, is an old resident of Utah, and a man of marked ability in 
his profession. 

Mr. Bradley is a native of Wisconsin, a graduate of the State 
University, and first practiced law in Salt Lake in 1882. He is 
a wonderfully bright man and is regarded as one of the leading 
attorneys in the city and Territory. Taken as a whole, the firm 
is so constituted as to be exceptionally powerful before a jury 
in the courts of common law, as also in the courts of equity 
jurisdiction. 

HON.C.S.VARIAN 



The subject of this 
sketch is a native of 
Ohio, having been born 
in Dayton forty - five 
years ago. He was edu- 
cated io the Wurtem- 
burg College at Spring- 
field, and the Urbana 
University of Ohio. He 
has been a practicing 
lawyer for twenty years, 
and is at present United 
States district attorney 
for this district, having 
been appointed by Presi- 
dent Harrison in 1889. 
In 1868 Mr. Varian was 
elected county treasu- 
rer of Humboldt county, 
Nevada, and was sub- 
sequently county clerk. 
From 1872 to 1875 he 
was a member of the 
State senate of Nevada 
from Humboldt county; 
also United States dis- 
trict attorney for that 
State for six years, and 
speaker of the house 
from the same State. 
Mr. X'arian came here 
iu 1882, when he was 
appointed assistant Un- 
ited States attorney ,suc- 
ceeding to the position 
of United States attor- 
ney iu 1889. Frater- 
nally Mr. Varian is a 
member of the Knights 
Templar and of the 
Unitarian church. He 
is a man of talents, 
recognized as possess- 
ing great abilities, and 
enjoys a reputation as a 
lawyer among the best. 
He is highly regarded 



Cliief Justice Sui>reme Court of Utah. 

by all who have the honor of his acquaintanc. 



A bright example of well merited success in Utah is that of 
the law firm of Bennett, Marshall & Bradlev, founded in 1871, 
by Mr. C!. W. Bennett. The firm is well known to the business 
and professional men of the entire Territory. It is comprised 
of O. W. Bennett, Jno. A. Marshall and Mr, M. Bradley, and 
occupying the entire second floor of a handsome building on 
Main street, is provided with offices among the most elegant 
in Salt Lake. Their magnificent library is also one of the most 
complete and comprehensive in the West, being made up of 
text-books, authorities, State and National, reports and other 
publications rare and invaluable— almost indispensable, indeed, 
to the requirements of a service rendered iu every field of liti- 
gation in which large professional interests are involved, 
and the citation of applicable authorities essential to the 
success of forensic disputation. Mr. C. W. Bennett, the founder 
of the firm, is fifty-seven years of age, was born in New York 
State, graduated at the Albany law school and first began the 
practiceof his profession in Wisconsin. From there he removed 
to Chicago, and thence in 1871 to Salt Lake, where he has since 
been engaged in the practice. He is regarded as one of the 
most acute and clear-headed attorneys in the Territory, and is 
invariably retained as counsel in specially intricate causes. 

Mr. Jno. A. Blarshall is a Virginian by birth and a graduate 



ARMSTRONG & DENNY. 

The gentlemen composing the legal firm of Armstrong & 
Denny have acquired a reputation and influence extended and 
potent. The senior member is a native of Tennessee and prom- 
inently connected with distinguished residents of that State. 
He has been engaged in the active practice of his profession 
for sixteen years, a portion of which time he was a member of 
the bar of Denver, Col., thence removing to Salt Lake City in 
July, 1890. He is married and a liberal in politics. James M. 
Denny, the junior member, is a native of Pennsylvania, where 
he was also educated, reading law in the office of Fred Ruber, 
of Butler, in which city he was, in 1880, admitted to practice. 
After a successful career at the East, he removed to Saguache 
county. Col., where he remained for ten years, locating in Salt 
Lake City with his family about May, 1891. He has held sev- 
eral official positions and was at one time surveyor of Butler 
county. Pa. In politics he is a democrat. The firm is re- 
garded as exceptionally well equipped and has been retained 
by a large and growing clientele. They occupy offices 12 and 13 
Culmer block, and command the confidence and respect of citi- 
zens and residents of Salt Lake and the surrounding territory. 



HON. THOMAS J. ANDERSON. 

Of the nittiiy prominent men in Salt Lake (-'ity and Utah 
generally, there is none that occupies a more exalted 
position of trust than Hon. Thomas J. Anderson, Associate 
Supremn .Tustice of the territory. The pentleman was born in 
Kulton ('onntv, Illinois, March 4, lH87,and isconseiniently in his 
tifty-fonrth yi>ar. In 18,53. wlieu sixteen years of a^'e, he re- 
moved with liis pareut.s to Iowa, and there received the benL-tits 
of a common school education. After that he taught school for 
some time and while engaged in this precarious means of a live- 
lihood was elected county surveyor. He was then only twenty- 
one years of age and the 
honor conferred upon 
him was a compliment 
to his abilities not usu- 
ally bestowed upon on 
so young. While pursu- 
ing his duties as sur- 
veyor, he occupied what 
spare time he had in 
reading law with Hon. 
.1. E. Neal, and was 
admitted to the bar in 
October, IHtld. He im- 
mediately entered upon 
the practice of his pro- 
fession in Knoxville, 
and has been very suc- 
cessful ever since. He 
also entered the held of 
journalism for a short 
time, and was one of the 
publi.'ihers and editors of 
the Diiimcrtitio Sttiiiil' 
iircl, published at Knox- 
ville. When the civil 
war broke out, he tend- 
ered his services to the 
United States (iovern- 
ment, and entered the 
army as first lieutenant 
of Company .\.. JoHi 
Iowa Infantry, Volun- 
teers and remained in 
active service until De- 
cember 2, ]Sti4, when he 
resigned with the rank 
of captain, and immedi- 
ately resumed the prac- 
tice of law, soon attain- 
ing a leading position 
among the intluental 
councillors of his state. 
In 1>S74 be headed the 
anti-monopoly ticket for 
jadgeof his district, and 
received more votes than 
any other candidate on 
the ticket. He was 
tendered the nomina- 
tion again in 1H7S 
and 1H.'S2, but declined 

the honor. He was nominated an<l elected court-attorney by 
his party in 188(; by a large majority, and in ISST, contrary (o 
his wishes, was unanimously chosen as their standard-bearer 
for governor, and although defeated, led the ticket by over two 
thousand votes. In .lanuary, 18HS, lie was the caucus nominee of 
his party for I'uited States Senator, receiving the entire vote 
thereof. He was recommended for the position of assistant 
commissioner of the general land ntiice by every democratic 
member of the Iowa legislature, anil when the same was made, 
the general pul)lic was more than satistied with the choice. 
His appointment as associate justice the the Supreme Court of 
Utah two years ago was a glowing tribute to his professional 
talents, and a just recognition of the many sterling ipialities 
that characterize bim as a man and lawyer. Sirce .ludge An- 
derson has won the judicial ermine in this Territory, he has 
made many decisions that iiave attracted universal comment 
throughout the length and breai.tli of the land, but there 
are none of them but what have been sustained by the higher 
tribunals, as also endorsed by the intelligent people of the 
country. One of his decisicms that became noted was, that a 
member of the church of .1. C. of Latter Hay Saints in good 
standing in the church was not entitled to his naturalization 



papers, from the very fact that he acknowledged as his first and 
highest duty, his obligation to the laws of his church. In this 
he was concurred in by his associate judges until after the 
manifesto was issued by the leaders of the Morm<m church, 
when they overruled their objection. -Xnother decision that, 
he holds to, is that no polygamist should be naturalized on the 
ground that he ha not a good moral character. 

In personal appearance .Judge Anderson is a man of noble 
physique, standing over six feet in his stockings, and weighing 
22.5 pounds. He bears a striking resemblance to the deceased 
vice-president Hendricks, and is a thorough gentleman, both 
on the b?nch and in the social walks of life. His administra- 
tion of duties in Utah, 
has been of an unmis- 
takable character as to 
the force of his con- 
victions iu the matter 
of justice. 




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HON. J. G. SUTH- 
EELAND. 

An able lawyer, per- 
suasive pleader, emin- 
ent counsel and dis- 
tinguished representa- 
tive of the judiciary, is 
the reputation enjoyed 
by the Hon. -1. O. Suth- 
erland, rcoms •'i4, .'iT, .'SB, 
Hooper block. Salt Lake 
City. He is a native 
of the slate of New 
York, where he was born 
in 1H27, thence remov- 
ing to Michigan where 
he read law and was 
admitted to jiractice. 
His success was instant 
and complete, and his 
election to the circuit 
bench of Saginaw coun- 
ty was a deserved 
tiibute to his prcfes- 
sioual worth and hon- 
orable career; a triluite 
that was still further 
empbasized by his elec- 
tion to Ctmgress later 
on. Ai the close of bis 
Congressional teim he 
visited Utah for his 
health and after a brief 
sojourn in Salt Lake 
City, became a peiman- 
ent resident. He r( sum- 
ed the practice of law, 
and in ISS'.t, formed a 
partnership with the 
Hon. J. W. .ludd, 
also devoting consider- 
able attention to literary pursuits, the results of his labor in 
that field being a work on damages in three volumes, and a 
work on slatutorv construction. Both of these publications 
commanded the a'ttention of the bar throughout the I nited 
States, and have since been made standards of authority on the 
subjects respectively noted. During hi.« residence in Salt Lake 
City, .Judge Sutherland has been distinguished for the number 
and importance of the causes in which he has been retained and 
has managed, for the scrupulous fidelity he pays to the interests 
of his large clientele, for the erudition he displays in the man- 
agement of a cause and for his superiority as a trial lawyer. 
He was the pioneer president of the Salt Lake liar Association, 
a position which he filled with honor to himself and the profes- 
sion, and to which has since been re-elected, is a member of the 
Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, besides other organiza- 
tions of a social and beneficial character, and is most happy in 
his domestic circle. In politics be is a democrat, his son-in-law 
being editor of Thv Heruhl, the leading democratic paper of 
the territory. 



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HON. G. W. BARTCH. 

lu writing of the bench and bar of Utah, there is none who 
deserve a more conspicuous place and prominent mention, than 
Judge G. W. Bartch, of the Probate court. He was born in 
Sullivan county, Pennsylvania, forty-two years ago, and spent 
the early part of his life in that State, where, like so many of 
the great men of our country, he first began teaching school. 
He subsequently located at Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, where 
he was for ten years superintendent of the city schools. Shen- 
andoah is located in the coal regions, and, when Judge Bartch 
first began his labors as instructor it was the seat of operation 
and under the rule of the "Mollie McGuires." 

To fill the position at the time that Judge Bartch began, 
required a man of indomnitable will, fearless courage and that 
exemplary and determined character possessed by few. The 
schools had been under the rule of this terrorizing body of out 
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lost. Immediately after Prof. Bartch began to lay before the 
better class of citizens his plans for a new system of education 
and with their endorsement and assistance began at once to 
introduce it into the schools of that city and section. This of 
course did not meet with the approval of the Mollie McGuires, 
liut he continued to improve his methods and schools, until 
they stood forth among the best in the state. 

During the time Judge Bartch was occuping this position, 
he promoted and had the satisfaction of seeing a large public 
library established. In 1872 he began the study of law and 
during the time he served in the office of superintendent of schools 
continued his reading, and after his first re-election was of the 
opinion that he would only serve out that term and then 
resign, but each time the board of directors of the Shenandoah 
district, by their unanimous election and urgent request, so 
favorably presented their claims that he continued to serve 
until ten years had passed by and when he finally did leave, he 
was favored with the highest tributes of praise by the board, 
being waited upon by a committee from the convention, with 
a request that if he could not accept the position to come before 
the board and name his successor, which he did, and who was 
unanimously elected and continues to serve to the present 
time. As a further mark of appreciation the board passed 
resolutions of respect and esteem for the advancement he had 
given the schools and regret at his departure from the manage- 
ment thereof. In November 1879, the Pcinifi/ivaniii Scliool 
Journal, the official organ of the school of that great educa- 
tional state spoke very highly of the advancement of the 
schools of the Shenandoah district, and the marked advance- 
ment the pupils had made, being then enabled to receive the 
preparatory college studies at home, and it also published a 
very comprehensive and entertaining article on the subject of 



"Language Lessons," of which Prof. Bartch was the author 
Again in July 188i, the same journal devoted a pleasing and 
complimentary editorial to the same schools, and especially to 
Prof. Bartch, giving him the honor due, of increasing the 
schools, in ten years time, to more than double their capacity 
and efficiency. In 1874 the schools were small and inefficient, 
while in 1884 they had been improved until they took rank as be- 
ing among the best in the State. Prof. Bartch was very promin- 
ently connected with the advancement of educational institu- 
tion and was one of the most prominent and favorably known 
men of his profession in that State. Friends were innumera- 
ble; in fact everybody was his friend, and he was frequently 
honored with complimentary positions among which was that 
of a state delegate to urge the adoption of the Blair educa 
tional bill. After leaving the schools Judge Bartch was admit- 
ted to the bar as a practitioner in 1884, at Bloomsburg, Penn- 
sylvania, where he at once established himself in the practice, 
with good success; but on account of sickness in his family he 
removed to Canon City, Colorado, where he soon established 
a very successful practice. During the time he practiced there, 
he met .Judge Blackburn, now associate justice of the Supreme 
court of this Territory, and they together decided to come to 
this city and form a partnership for the practice of law, which 
they did, arriving here in March, 1888. The business was a 
decided success, but was interrupted one Friday in ( )ctober, 
1889, by President Harrison appointing Judge Blackburn to the 
position of Associate Justice of Supreme Court of Territory, 
and the following Tuesday Judge Bartch was honored from the 
same official with the Judgeship of the Probate Court of Salt 
Lake county, which in this Territory, is considered a most prom- 
inent and important office, the court being constantly in ses- 
sion. 

During their practice they successfully conducted some 
very important cases, one of which was a case wherein the cjues- 
tiou arose as to title of riparian owners to the bottom of a 
lake, as the water recedes. The case was Heard vs. Folson, et al. 
Since Jiulge Bartch has been upon the bench, he has won for 
himself a very enviable reputation for the clear, just, and 
inpartial manner in which he has decided thennmerous import- 
ant cases which have been heard in his court. 

Some of his decisions have been very important, and have 
been spoken of very highly at home and abroad. Among these 
cases was that known as "Pratt" heirs case, where the rights 
of polygamous children to inherit were decided favoralily and 
correctly being sustained by the Supreme court of the United 
Staffs; another noted one, was that known as the "Sharpe 
Walker will case," under which the question arose as to the 
point of giving notice of the sale of real estate, under the will. 
This was a case of technicalities, and affected the title of a 
large amount of city property. An appeal was taken from the 
decision but Judge Bartch was sustained throughout. The 
" Kramer Will," which was refused to probate on account of 
the testator Samuel Kramer, having been " non compos mentis," 
at the time the will was made and signed by another. The 
facts were published and largely commented upon throughout 
the eastern states. Another very important question came up 
on demurrer in the McKibben will case, as to whether subse- 
quent marriage would annul the will of a " femme sole." The 
brightest lawyers in the country were retained upon both sides, 
and the decision of .Judge Bartch was very full and comprehen- 
sive, showing the result of a very close study and application 
of the statutes and common law, on this question and sus- 
tained the right of the "femme sole." The property involved in 
this case, amounted to over one million dollars. 

Judge Bartch by virtue of his office is chairman of the 
County Court, and this together with large probate business 
of the office keeps constantly busy. 

At the early age of eight years, he was left an orphan, and 
Degan his studies in boyhood while working on a farm. 
He then showed a very studious disposition, and studied and 
read whenever the opportunity presented itself. At the age of 
sixteen he started in life for himself, teaching his first school 
and thereafter by teaching in winter and by working during 
vacation, he obtained the means for attending higher institu- 
tions, without assistance from tlie resources of the estate left 
by his father. And by close application to his studies he suc- 
ceeded in graduating with the class of 1871, at the Pennsylva- 
nia State Normal School, at Bloomsburg, and continued his 
studies at the same institution where he graduated with the 
class of 1879, in the scientific course before the State examin- 
ing committee, passing a very creditable examination, winning 
high honors for himself and receiving the degree of M. S., at 
Bloomsburg. 

In 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Amanda A. 
Guild, a lady of high family and accomplishments. As a result 
of this union their family now consist of two daughters, who 



are very highly accompUshefi, and soon to become valuable 
acquisitions to the social work! of tliis city. FrHterniilly, be is 
a member of the Masons, aud a member of the Alto Club, aud 
politically is au ardent repulilicau in both national and local 
questions. While living in Pennsylvania, he was a successful 
political worker and made many warm friends among all 
classes, and especially the brainy, ami bright politicnns, hiwyers 
and doctors, of the state who when the opportunity presented, 
endorsed him to our leading oHicial of the United States with 
the tiuest letters of praise and recommendation; among them 
being the honorables 1). J. Waller, Jr.. Henry llouck, J. 15. 
Davis, M. 1)., and Kx.-U. S. Minister, Hon. J. P. Wickersham, 
L.L.D., and many others 
of equal national repu- 
tation. 

Judge Bartch thinks 
well of the prospectsand 
outlook for this city and 
Territory aud has shown 
bis confidence in the best 
way, by his real estate 
investments. During 
his life he has accumu- 
lated an independence, 
in a tinancial way, and is 
au ideal example of the 
iiighest class of self- 
made men. 

It is such men as this 
of whom the citizens of 
this Territory are justly 
proud, who are represen- 
tatives of her citizens, 
and who are in turn at- 
tached to their adopted 
home. 



HON. J. T. CAINE. 

John T. Caine, Utah's 
delegate to Congress is 
one of the best known 
men in the Territory, and 
among the ablest repre- 
sentatives at Washing- 
ton, 1). C. He was born 
in the "Isle of Man," 
January Sth, 1S2!(, and 
removed to the United 
States in the spring of 
184ti, settling in New 
York City, where he be- 
came identitied with the 
Mormon Church. He 
left New York in the 
fall of 1848, for the West, 
traveling by boat from 
New York City to Perth 
Amboy, N. J., and from 
there by rail to Harris- 
burg, Pa., then the western 



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terminus of railroad facilities. 



From there on the journey was continued by canal boats to 
Pittsburgh, Pa. From Pittsburgh the journey west was made 
down the Ohio aud up the Mississippi to St. Louis, by steamboat. 
Mr. Caine remained iu St. Louis for a time and was actively 
engaged in matters pertaining the welfare of the people of his 
adopted faith, and assisted large numbers of them who passed 
through St. Liouis, bound for Salt Lake, during the years from 
1849 to 18u2. In 1850, he was united in marriage at St. Louis, 
Mo , to Miss Margaret Nightengale, a lady of the same family 
as the philanthropist, Florence Nightengale, and this union 
has been blessed with a large and very interesting family of 
children, eight of whom are still living. 

In May, IS.Vi, he started with his wife and one child, for Salt 
bake, and arrived here the following September, having made 
the trip from St. Louis to Council lilutTs by steamboat, and 
from there across the plains by an ox train. In the spring of 
1854, he made a trip to the Sandwich Islands as a missionary, 
from which he returned in the winter of 185(!. On his return 
trip he stopped for some time in California, and while there cast 
his first presideutial vote, which was for James Buchanan. 

Mr. Caine was msnager of the Salt Lake theatre from 1801 
to 1882, and entered the field of journalism, together with two 
aa&ociatee fouiidiog the Salt Lake Herald and was for a long 



time managing editor and president, until the paper was sold 
to a new company. He is now a director in the new company. 
He served as secretary of the legislative council during the 
sessions of 185()-57-5'.l and '(!(>; was elected a member of that 
body for the sessions 1S74-7G-8L) and 1882. In 1876, he was by a 
joint vote of the legislative assembly, elected a regent of the 
University of Desert, and re-elected in 1878-80-82-84-80; was 
elected recorder of Salt Lake City in 1870, and re-elected in 
1878-8(1 and 82. He was a member of the constitutional con- 
ventions of Utah of 1872-82 and 87, and was the president of 
the latter convention, which adopted a clause punishing 
polygamy and bigamy, and asked admission to the U'nion as a 

State; he was elected to 
fill a vacancy in the 
47th Congress, which was 
caused by the failure of 
Congress to eeat the 
Hon. (ieorge (^. Cannon, 
when he was elected in 
1881. As there was no 
law at that time in Utah 
governing such a state 
ot affairs, and as the 
Utah commission failed 
to call an election to fill 
the vacancy, the matter 
was allowed to stand un- 
til the electi(m for the 
48th Congress was held, 
when Mr. Caine was 
elected to fill the unex- 
pired term of the 47th 
Congress, anil also the 
full term of the 48th con- 
gress; he was re-elected 
to the 4i)th, 50th and 
51 st Congresses and re- 
elected to 52d congress 
by a majority of very 
nearly 10,()U0 votes. 

FJuring his service in 
Congress he has been 
a member of the com- 
mittee on post othces 
and post roads, and has 
represented the territory 
of Utah upon the dem- 
ocratic congressional 
campaign committee. 

He was for a number 
of years intimately ac- 
quainted and connected 
with Brigham Young, 
the late president of the 
church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter Day Saints. 
He is a gentleman of 
superior mental endow- 
ments and high accom- 

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have seen much of the world in its poorest and best phases, and 
have profited by their experience. 




D. C. EICHNOR. 

Mr. T). C. Richnor is one of the leading young attorneys of 
Salt Lake, who is coming to the front very rapidly. He is a 
native of Pennsylvania where he was bom thirty-two years ago, of 
German parentage, and where he obtained his education, teach- 
ing meanwhile to pay his expenses, and finally graduating at the 
Millersville branch iif the State Norma) School. He studied 
law in the oflice of W. H. Dickson, of this city, and was admit- 
ted to practice during 1888. Soon after he became assistant 
city attorney under the administration of Mr. Merrill, a po- 
sition he still retains under Mr. Hall, also discharging the 
duties of BEsislant to county attorney Walter Murphy. In 
politics Mr. Kichiior is a liberal, on local issues, but a repub- 
lican on National questions. lie recently married a very charm- 
ing young lady of this city. Miss S. Li/zie Keim. He enjoys 
the esteem and respect of everyone with whom becomes in con- 
tact, and is one of the prominent young men cf Utah. Some 
day he will be heard frtm. He is a keen attorney, ever alive 
to the situations presented, and never miffesan cpj oil unity tf 
Bcoring a point He is a good speaker. 



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HON. ELIJAH SELLS. 



pjlijah Sells, secretary for the Territory of Utah, was born 
in Franklin county, Ohio, and received his early education in 
the public schools of that district. After entering active busi- 
ness life he was for a number of years engaged in mercantile 
enterprises, in all of which he met with admirable sueceiss. 
When still a young man he removed to the state of Iowa, and 
has the distinction of being a member of the first constitutional 
convention in that State. He was also a member of the First, 
Second and Third Sessions of the Iowa legislature, and in 
l!S.5(j he was elected Secretary of State, and twice re-elected. 
For three years he acted as Adjutant General of Iowa. 

Mr. Sells was appoint- 
ed revenue collector 
under the First U. S. 
Internal Revenue law, 
but did not accept the 
position. Early in 1863 
he was appointed pay- 
master in the army with 
rank of major. Later 
in the same year he was 
urged by his friemls at 
home to accept the 
nomination of governor, 
and strongly requested 
to come home before the 
convention, but declined 
in favor Col. Wm. M. 
Stone, who was nominat- 
ed and elected. Shortly 
after this he secured and 
accepted an appointment 
in the Mississippi Squ- 
adron of the United 
States Navy, and was 
assigned to the com- 
mand of the U. S. Re- 
ceiving Ship"(irampus." 
UemHining in service in 
this important position 
for about a year he was 
tendered the position of 
Third Auditor of the 
Treasury Department, 
by ilon. Salmon P. 
Chase then Secretary of 
the Treasury. He re- 
signed his office in the 
navy to accept this posi- 
tion, and shortly sub- 
sequent he was trans- 
ferred to the otfice of 
Auditor of the Treasury 
for the Post Otfice De- 
partment. 

Later he was appoint- 
ed by the Secretary of 
the Interior to the office 
of Superintendent of 
Indian atlairs for the 
Southern superintend- 
ency, and was also ap- 
pointed one of the commigeioners to negotiate treaties of amity 
and peace with the Indians who had forfeited their treaty 
stipulations by joining the Confederate army. 

Mr. Sells has had an extremely eventful public career and 
his appointment to divers positions in the otlioes of the Gov- 
ernment gave him a wide experience as well as a host of 
friends and acquaintances among the head oHicials in the 
various departments. But during all his public life it may be 
said he never sacrificed his honor or principles for money or 
fame, though many times presented with opportunities for 
pecuniary gain by advocating principles and policies adverse 
to his own firm conviction and sincere beliefs. 

In 1867 be went to Lawrence, Kansas, and in 1869 was 
elected from _I)oug]as county to the legislature, being re- 
elected in 1870 and 1871. serving at ench session as chairman 
of the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Sells first came to 
Utah in 1872, and at once engaged in the organization of a 
mining company, of which corporation he was president and 
general manager. In 1878 he engaged in the lumber business 
in this city, which enterprise he built up to a substantial and 
profitable basis. In 1889 he was appointed Secretary ot Utah 



Territory and ex-officio Secretary of the Utah Commission, in 
which capacities he is highly appreciated and looked up to by 
those who have placed him in office, and the efficient and satis- 
tory service he is rendering, forever insures for him the hearty 
support and good will of the people of this Territory. Mr. 
Sells has taken active part in many public-spirited movements, 
and has unlimited faith in the great possibilities for Salt Lake 
following the development of the endless resources tributary to 
the city. Ha is a thorough-going, public-spirited man, of 
broad and liberal views, and principles of the highest standard. 
He is genial and sociable and is well liked by all with whom 
he comes in contact. 




HON. ELI.J.\H SELLS, Secrefary of Utah 



EAWLINS 
& CBITCHLOW. 

The senior member of 
the firm of Rawlins & 
Critchlow is forty years 
of age and a native of 
Salt Lake county. He 
read law first in Indiana 
and completed the 
course in the office of 
Williams, Young & 
Sheeks. He began the 
practice of his profession 
in 1875 in Salt Lake 
City, where he has sine 
resided. He has been 
engaged in some very 
important litigation and 
appeared in the cele- 
brated case of the Coin 
heirs vs. Strongfellow 
and -lennings, a ques- 
tion arising under the 
law regarding the title 
to the Emporium cor- 
ner in Salt Lake City. 
The case went to the 
Supreme court of the 
United States and was 
won by Mr. Rawlins. 
The case of HoUister vs. 
the Zion Co-operative 
Mercantile Insttiution, a 
case in which the right 
of the government to 
tax extensive mercantile 
orders,commonly known 
as the script cases, was 
another important 
action which he carried 
to the Supreme court of 
the United States and 
won. He was counsel 
in the celebrated Rey- 
nolds polygamy case 
before the same court. 
He is regarded as one 
of the ablest men in the 
country. He has been en- 
gaged as counsel in all 
the great church cases and has a splendid record. In politics he 
is a democrat and was honored by his party with the nomina- 
tion for representative to the house at a recent election. 

E. B. Critchlow, the junior member, is a native of Missis- 
sippi, where he was born in IS.'jS and from which state he re- 
moved with his parents to Western Xew York, where he re- 
ceived his early education. In 1873 he came to Utah and was 
for a time on the Uintah Indian reservation. In 1876 he entered 
school in Salt Lake City, and in 1878 began a course at Prince- 
ton College N. .J., from which he graduated in 188'i with rank 
of sixth in a class of one hundred and twenty. After studying 
a year in the CoUimbia Law School, New York City, he came 
to Utah and began practicing. In 188-5 he was appointed as- 
sistant United States attorney for the second district of Utah, 
which he held for one year, resigning to accept the position ot 
first assistant United States attorney for the third district. He 
resigned this in April, 1891, to enter the present firm. Mr. 
Critchlow is married and is an infiuental man. He is director 
in the Bank of Commerce. In politics he is a republican. 

The partnership constitutes one ot the strongest law firms 
in the west, and is most prosperous. Office, 26-27 Hooper block. 




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137 



HON. GEO. W. MOYER. 

AmoDg the many self-made men of Salt Lake, there is none 
that occupy a more enviable position aud exerts a more power- 
ful iutlnenoe upon the welfare of the comraniiity, thau Hon. (leo 
W. Mover. He was born in Stevenson County, Illinois, in 18.')4. 
He studied for his profession in the ollice of Hon. Oeo. L. Hofif- 
man, at Mount Carrol. Illinois, teaching; school to pay the ex- 
pense incident thereto, and was admitted to practice by the 
Supreme court of that State in 1S84. He practiced law in 
Nebraska for some time before coming to Salt Lake, where he 
made a reputation as one of the ablest and most conscientious 
attorneys. He was appointed United States Commissioner for 




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HON. GEORGE W. MOYER, U. S. Commissioner. 

Utah in .lune, 1S91, and has made a faithful and efficient official. 
Mr. Moyer, although a comparatively young man, is ranked 
among the best attorneys in the city and is in the enjoyment of 
a lucrative practice wliich is constantly increasing. He is a 
public-spirited citizen withal, and interested in all measures 
looking to the interests of Salt I^ake City, an<l the Territory of 
Utah. He is a gentleman deservedly high in the confidence 
and esteem of citizens, and entitled to the regard of the public. 
Although he has only been a resident of Salt Lake for a short 
time, he has made many warm personal friends who delight to 
honor him. He is also quite prominent in politics, and take a 
great interest in all matters pertaining to his party. 



EDWIN W. SENIOR. 

In cities of any commercial importance there are men in 
the professions and walks of business, who, by reason of their 
superior abilities, stand at the head of their avocation or 
chosen line of pursuit. The city of Salt Lake is no exception 
to this rule, and Mr. E. W. Senior, the gentleman whose name 
beads this sketch, is pre-eminently one of this class. He is a 
native of England, aged thirty years, and has been a distin- 
guished land attorney of this city for six years. He was admit- 
ted to practice before the United States land courts of the 
Territory, in IKS,'), and has since been prominent in some of the 
most important land cases before that tribunal. He has resided 
in the city since I8C1.S, and has been a "rustler" on the rough 
sea of life ever since he was sixteen years of age. Among the 
many enterprises he has been connected with in Utah was the 
platting and laying out of the town of Brighton, a suburb of 
Salt Lake, and a thriving little town supplied with churches, 
schools, business houses, ball grounds, etc., with a population 
of two hundred. Thirty artesian wells give a bountiful supply 
of pure water, streets have been graded to a proper level, a 
large number of shade trees set out, and a park established 
which give Brighton an almost metropolitan appearance. Mr. 
Senior was one of the organizers, and the largest subscriber to 



the stock of the West Side Rapid Transit Railway Company, 
which has eight miles now in operation, and expects in a short 
time to have the line running to the Great Salt Lake, striking 
the same at a point two miles this side of Garfield Beach. 
This will give the road twenty more miles of track, aud prove 
of great benefit and convenience to the public, as it will provide 
rapid transit and reduce the cost of transportation. Mr. Sen- 
ior also has large investments in realty in and adjoining the city, 
his residence alone costing $10,(HI0. In addition he is essentially 
a self-made man in every respect, and has accumulated this vast 
property by his own individual efforts and labors. He is of 
that class of men who "never give up," is ambitions and enter- 
prising, and has the utmost faith and confidence in the future 
prosperity and welfare not only of Salt Lake City, but of the 
Territory in general. Socially he is a most pleasant gentleman, 
highly esteemed and regarded in the private spheres of life. 



HIRAM E. BOOTH. 

It is always a pleasure to chronicle the history of a self' 
made man. There is no more glowing tribute that can be paid 
to a popular and rising man than that he has risen to eminence 
by his own exertions. Hiram E. Booth is conspicuously 
one of this class. He was born in Postville, Iowa, thirty years 
ago. He read law with Hon. Frank Shinn, of Pottowattomie 
county, and was admitteil to the practice by the Supreme court 
of Iowa in 1885. The gentleman came to Salt Lake in 1890, 
and in June 1891, was appointed United States Commissioner. 
Before coming to Utah, Mr. Booth was engaged in journalism 




Photo, by Shipler. 

HON. HIRASI E. BOOTH, U. S. Commissioner. 

in Iowa, being editor and proprietor of the Critic at Carson. 
He was also the founder of the Poitoirattamie SchoolJournal, 
a publication of considerable prominence in the State. In the 
time that he has been in this city, he has made the record of a 
very able and brilliant lawyer and demonstrated that he pos- 
sesses talents of a superior order in his profession. He is very 
prominent in politics, and takes a lively interest in all matters 
relative to the political complexion of the Territory. He is 
also largely indentified with the best interests of Utah, and is a 
man in every way desirable as a citizen and official. He has 
acquired a very liberal and profitable practice.and hasacheived 
a position in the western world which comts to none Ijut those 
posessing superior talents. Hishigh business ability coupled 
with intense energy and brilliant attainments, has made him, 
and deservedly so, a leader in thought, action and in the con- 
duct of public affairs. 



138 



JNO. W. GREENMAN. 

The name ot this gentleman is familiar to all who have re- 
sided in Salt Liake for any length of time. For several years 
he has figured as a prominent official and successful lawyer 
throughout the Territory. John W. Greenman, now in the 
prime of life, was born fifty years ago in Washington, Illinois. 
His education was obtained at the common schools and he 
availed himself of every opportunity to increase the volume of 
information he had acquired. He holds at present the respon- 
sible position of United States Commissioner, and is also a 
Justice of the Peace for Salt Lake county. At the breaking 
out of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in Company F, 
Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, and emerged at the end of the con- 
flict with the rank of Captain. He saw active service through- 
out the long and bloody strife, and received a severe wound at 
the battle of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1867 he was elected a 




JOHN W. GREENMAN, U. S. CommiBsioner. 

member of the Legislature of Wisconsin; subsequently chair- 
man of the board of supervisors of his county for four years, 
and county treasurer of Vernon county for two years. These 
positions he filled with the greatest credit to himself and with 
honor to tlie people that elected him. In National politics Mr. 
Greenman is an active and progressive Republican, doing all 
that he can to uphold and carry out the principles of his party. 
In local alTairs he sides with the Liberals and is an earnest ad- 
vocate of their doctrine and purposes. In the order of mystic 
societies he is an honored Mason, Odd Fellow and member of 
the P. O. S. ot A., and Grand Army of the Republic. He was 
united in marriage in 1866 to Miss A. J. Stevenson, of Spring- 
ville, Wisconsin, a sister of the noted legislator of that State, 
with whom he has passed many years of happy domestic lite. 
Mr. Greenman is a gentleman who enjoys the esteem and regard 
of a large following of personal friends, is conscientious and 
reliable in all transactions, and a man that can be trusted under 
any and all circumstances. 



C. E. ALLEN. 

No one of the city or county officers is more popular, both 
among the members of his own party and of the opposition, 
than 18 Professor C. E. Allen, who in the summer of 1890 was 
elected clerk of the county of Salt Lake. Those who voted 
against him, did so on party lines for it was an established fact 
that the friendly feeling for the man was as sincere and in- 
fluential as was the universality of opinion in respect to his 
personal worth. Professor Allen was born in Girard, Erie 
county, Pennsylvania. He was fitted for college at Grand 

River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio, and graduated at the 
Western Reserve College, Hudson, in the same State. Up to 

the year lfc86, he taught school, since that date however he has 



been engaged in mining adventures. His election to the coun- 
ty clerkship was not the first recognition by the people of his 
ability to properly represent them in public office; he served 
two terms in the Territorial legislature where he introduced 
and secured the adoption of several measures which have re- 
sulted in much good to his constituency. Professor Allen 
came to the territory ten years ago and has been connected 
with several prominent undertakings since he began his residence 
here. As a public speaker he is popular and successful, his style 
ot oratory being of a simple but persuasive character which 
holds the attention of his audience. To his efforts in this 
capacity is largely due the success of his party at the recent 
election which placed him in the position he now holds. 



JOSEPH LIPPMAN. 

Mr. Joseph Lippman is one of the leading and progressive 
citizens of the growing West. A representative man in the 
broadest and truest sense, devoted to the upbuilding of Utah 
Territory, a citizen enterprising and intelligent, a student, a 
statistician, and a courteous, hospitable gentleman, is the 
expression regarding him universally heard in Salt Lake, the 
city of his residence. He has been identified with the advance- 
ment and prosperity ot the territorial metropolis a number ot 
years, and the instrumentality through which the advantages 
and opportunities available in the Territory have been pro- 




Photo, by Shipler. 

JOSEPH LIPPMAN, Territorial Librarian ami Statistician.. 

mulgated. A journalist^by.profession he was' for a continued 
period a member of the correspondent's bureau of the Salt 
Lake Tribune, where his labors were prompted by motives that 
inspire modest worth to noble ends. An accomplished, even 
distinguished representative of the "Fourth Estate," his influ- 
ence was pronounced, and his counsels were accepted and 
adopted. During recent years he has occupied the position of 
Territorial librarian and statistician, and in the discharge of 
duties incident to the trust he has still further commended 
himself to public confidence. In 1891, the first volume of 
statistics ot the Territory, containing data in re the agricul- 
tural and mineral resources of Utah, the volume of business 
transacted in the departments of commerce, trade, manufact- 
ures and finance was issued, and met with a reception gratifying 
and highly deserved. It is an unimpeachable record of facts 
in respect to matters therein detailed beyond the domnin of 
controversy. 

Politically, Mr. Lippman is an unsweiving republican upon 
all National questions, and a liberal upon local issues. In the 
social and business circles of Salt Lake and elsewhere the 
esteem in which he is held is proverbial. He has earned suc- 
cess in his struggle for honorable precedence, and is of the 
character of men who ever maintain an ascendancy in life's 
rugged contest. 



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139 



GEORGE M. SCOTT, Mayor. 



When on that February day two years ago the announce- 
ment was made that a new party had secured the ascendancy 
in Utah politics, the name ot the man who bore the standard in 
the front ranks was telegraphed throughout the country, and 
thus George M. Scott, who was already well known to his towns- 
men as a man of sterling honor and a business worker of un- 
qualified success, became universally known. lie is a native of 
Chazy, Clinton county New York, was educated in the Clinton 
county schools and his boyhood days were by no means un- 
attended by those little circumstances which, by opposition 
bring out the best qual- 
ities of manhood. Later 
his education was finish- 
ed at the Troy Academy 
in Troy, New York. 
Early in life he came 
west and for the past 
twenty years has been 
engaged in mercantile 
pursuits in Salt Lake 
city. Here his business 
has by careful and hon- 
orable dealings grown 
to be one of the heaviest 
in the Territory. In 
February, 1890, he was 
elected by a majority of 
800 as mayor of the city 
of Salt Lake, being the 
first mayor ever elect- 
ed by the so - called 
Gentile vote. Mayor 
Scott has during the 
term of his incumbency 
made an exceptionally 
good officer and has 
instituted civic move- 
ments which have re- 
sulted in great good to 
the community gener- 
ally. His term expires 
in 1892. 



ciates in the highest degree the standing and rank that he has 
attained to among the legal fraternity and the people of Salt 
Lake City. He is an ideal lawyer and an honor to his protess- 
ion. Fraternally, he is a prominent member of the Masonic 
order, and socially, is highly esteemed and regarded by a large 
following of personal friends. 



W. C. HALL. 

The practice of law 
is a profession involv- 
ing the utmost care, 
integrity and attention, 
and demanding the best 
talent as a measure of 
success. It is a well 
known fact that the 
West has some of the 
ablest members of the 
legal fraternity in the 
United States, and Salt 
Lake, in particular, has 
her full nuota. Mr. 
W. C. Hall is in every 



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way worthy of mention in a work 
of this character as a lawyer of eminent ability and high 
qualifications for the profession he has chosen. Mr. Hall 
is a native of Kentucky, aged i-i years, and read law with 
Hon. John. W.Stevenson of Covington. The latter was for- 
merly a member of the House ot Representatives, also U. S. 
Senator from that State, and afterward became its Governor. 
He was considered one of the most brilliant lawyers ot that 
grand old commonwealth, and Mr. Hall, under his special care 
and direction, received a thorough and practical education on 
all law points. He began the practice of his profession in Lex- 
ington, Mo., in 1808, and four years later removed to this city, 
where he has ever since made his home. He has occupied sev- 
eral positions ot trust before attaining the office he now holds, 
among whioh were a member of the Territorial Senate, and 
Secretary of Utah, under ex-President Cleveland's administra- 
tion. These positions of trust he filled with great ability, and 
with honor to the Territory. He is now the efficient city attor- 
ney of Salt Lake and has discharged the duties of his office 
with satisfaction. Politically, Mr. Hall is an ardent democrat 
and thoroughly posted on all matters pertaining to the science 
ot politics. He, however, devotes most of his time to his pro- 
fession and makes a specialty of mining litigation, and appre- 



STEPHENS & SCHROEDER. 

Salt Lake possesses an array of legal talent practicing at 
the bar or its courts and in the courts of the Territory, of 
which^any city" would justly be proud. Prominent among the 

leaders of the legal fra- 
ternity is the well 
known firm ot Steph- 
ens & Schroeder— Frank 
B. Stephens and Albert 
T. Schroeder. Mr. 
Stephens is a native of 
Maine, and is about 
thirty-five years of age. 
He graduated at one 
of the leading western 
colleges, studied the 
profession with his 
cousin, Hon. Leonard 
Swett, of Chicago, and 
graduated at the Union 
College ot Law in the 
same city, and was] ad- 
mitted to the bar in 
1883. He practiced law 
in Nebraska for six 
years, coming to Utah 
in 1888. Upon the resig- 
nation ot E. B. Critch- 
low, assistant United 
States attorney for Utah 
Territory, Mr. Stephens 
was appointed to that 
position, which he yet 
holds, with honor to 
himself and credit to 
the government. He is 
a shrewd, able and cons- 
cientious lawyer, and 
one that is destined to 
rank among the most 
talented and successful 
attorneys in the West. 
In politics he is an 
ardent republican of the 
uncompromising type. 
He is athoroughgentle- 
manand has many 
friends. 

Mr. Schroeder is 
wenty-seven years old, 
and hails originally from 
Wisconsin. He was 
, , , ,. educated at the Uni- 

GEOKGE M.SCOTT, Mayor. Salt Lake Citj-. versity of Wisconsin, 

at Madison, that State, both as a civil engineer and i° th« 
law department, graduating from the latter in 1388. W hen 
he first came to Salt Lake he practiced law for about one year 
by himself, but on January 1. 1890, formed a co-partnership 
with Mr. Stephens. In politics Mr. Schroeder is the u'rect 
opposite of his partner, being a pronounced democrat of the 
Md Jeffersonial school. He is a cultured gentleman, highly 
esteemed bv all who have the honor ot his acquaintance, and 
a man of talent, possessing, in a marked degree, the qualifica- 
tions necessary to success in the profession. "U hile attending 
the university at Madison, he met and has since married Miss 
Parkinson, daughter of Prof. Parkinson, vice-president of the 
university and professor of political economy, a lady of high 
culture and excellent social attainments. , ,, , 

As one of the leading law firms of Utah, they have handled 
a large number of important cases, and their practice is 
increasing rapidlv. Thev were attorneys for the eleventh 
school district in the noted school tax cases; are also attorneys 
for the K. G. Dun mercantile agency, and represent some of the 
best business houses in the city. They have commodious and 
elegant offices in the opera house block, and possess one of the 
finest libraries in the West. They are in the enjoyment of a 
large and lucrative practice. 




140 







JOHN M. YOUNG. 

John M. Young, City Marshall of Salt Lake City, is a native 
of this territory and city, where he was born in 1856. He is a 
sou of the eldest brother of Brigham Young, the late President 
of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, of 
which institution his parents were firm believers and meinbers. 
His boyhood life was devoted to obtaining an education in all 
respects substantial and practical. While yet a boy he entered 
the composing room of the Deseret Ne^vn as an apprentice, 
where he remained some time, and then accepted a position in 
the Z. C. M. J. At the expiration of two years he resigned to 
do service as a missionary in Australia, whither he was sent by 




Photo, by 8. A- J. 

JOHN M. YOUNG, City Marshall. 

his uncle Brigham Y'oung and where he remained twenty 
months. Upon his return to Salt Lake he entered the Univer- 
sity of Deseret, where he remained for six months, at the ex- 
piration of which time he received the normal appointment 
and in this manner succeeded in graduating. He taught schooL 
one year, when he was appointed to the position of book-keeper 
in a large wholesale house in Salt Lake City, but soon after 
succeeded to the management of the Salt Lake Democrat, and 
later still was nominated to the upper house of the legislature 
by the liberal party. He dissolved his connection with the 
Democrat and entering vigorously into the campaign, was suc- 
cessful. Immediately after his election, he removed to Park 
City, where he was employed in the Daly mine. After resid- 
ing in Park City some time he was nominated city marshall by 
the liberal party and was again successful, being elected by a 
large majority. He is prominently identified with the Odd 
Fellows, Knights of Pythias and other beneficiary organiza- 
tions and is a member of the Liberal party. He has done 
much for the success of that organization, having also in turn 
been honored with many positions of trust and responsibility 
at the hands of his friends. 

His term of office as city marshal has been very successful 
and he is daily receiving the approval and congratulations of 
the best citizens of Salt Lake City. 



CHAS. P. BROOKS. 

The subject of this sketch, Mr. Chas. P. Brooks, was elected 
surveyor of Salt Lake county in August, 1890. He is a native 
of the State of New York, forty years of age and a graduate of 
Yale college. He commenced the practice of his profession 
twenty years ago in New Haven, Conn., where he was employed 
in the City Engineer's office. At the expiration of two years 
he accepted a position on the Texas & Pacific railroad, where 
he continued until 1874, when he removed to Salt Lake City. 
Since taking up his residence here he has been constantly 
occupied. His professional achievements have been notable, 
including, among others, the system of sewage now in opera- 



tion, the work on'which was carried forward under his personal 
supervision. In addition to filling the office of county sur- 
veyor, he is a member of the firm of Brown & Brooks, builders 
of the Crescent tramway at Park City, Utah, a narrow-gauge 
railroad which, at the time of its construction, was character- 
ized by the steepest grades and sharpest curves of any road in 
the world. The firm is also emloyed in the construction of 
other railways, besides considerable canal and drainage work. 
The firm makes a specialty of engineering, in which the mem- 
bers have had a wide experience, and have for seven years tilled 
the position of U. S. Mineral Surveyor. 

Politically Mr. Brooks is a republican in National affairs 
while locally, he adheres to the liberal party. He is 
interested in both real estate and mine investments in 
the Territory, thus manifesting his faith in the great 
future of Utah, and is identified with many enter- 
prises promotive of the growth of the city. He is 
esteemed as a gentleman of superior skill in the line of his pro- 
fession and of potent influence in his capacity of citizen. 



A. J. BURT. 

Among the many Territorial officials who have become emi- 
nent and popular, A. J. Burt, the present sherift' of Salt Lake 
county, is distinguished. Mr. Burt is of Scotch-English descent, 
his father having been a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, and his 
mother a native of England. He was born in Salt Lake City 
'62 years ago, and the beautiful valleys, rivers, lakes and moun- 
tains of the Territory are today remembered as the play 



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ANDREW J. BURT, Sheriff o£ Salt Lake Connty. 

grounds of his boyhood. He was educated at the public 
schools of Salt Lake City, and when fifteen years of age he 
began work in the carpenter department of the Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, so continuing for eight and a half years. 
He was next employed as fireman on a locomotive engine, at 
which employment he remained for three and a half years. During 
that period he completely mastered the profession of railroad en- 
gineering, but resigned his position to accept an appointment 
as a patrolman on the police force of Salt Lake City, under 
City Slarshall Phillips. In August, 1886. he was elected sheriff 
of Salt Lake County, was re-elected in 1888 and again in 1890, 
a position he still holds. For the past eight years he has been 
an active and influential member of the Brotherhood of Loco- 
motive Firemen, in which fraternity he has been frequently of- 
cially honored. In 1888 he was married to Miss Helen M. Mor- 
gan, of this city, the issue of such marriage being a son. 

Mr. Burt is an ideal officer and amost successful sheriff. His 
father was a pioneer of this city, coming here in 1852, where he 
was highly respected and popular as a citizen, and for 25 years 
filled the several offices of chief of police and city marshall. In 
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discbarge of his duty, by a uegro he was attemptint; to arrest. 
The negro, however, was captured aud met with speedy 
justice. 

Sheriff Burt is an enthusiast on all matters pertaining to 
the advancement of Utah and her resources. He is a director 
of the Utah Stone aud Hardware Co., a stockliolder in the 
Utah Commercial Savings Bank, and interested in real estate 
and mining property. 

E. K. CLUTE. 

It is very doubtful if there is any city in America whose 
official representatives, as a class are constituted of so many 
self-made men as those of Salt Lake City. 

Mr. E. K. (^lute, city assessor and collector, is a native of 
Wisconsin aud 41 years of age. At nine years he was left an 



married and his family are valuable ac<iuisitions to the social 
world of Zion. He is interested in real estate to a large extent 
in the city, and is regarded as a progressive and enterprising 
business man. He considers the prospects very bright aud has 
evidenced his convictions by his investments. 

It is of such citizens as this to whom the people point with 
pride, as those who have done so much to advance the intereste 
of the city, and place her wonderful resources before the peopls 
of the world. 

J. B. WALDEN. 

The population of the Territory of Utah has shown a won- 
derful increase during the past few years and among those 
who have located Salt Lake City are to be found many of 
superior ability, character and integrity. This statement is 





Photo, by Shipler. 

E. R. TLUTE, City Assessor iinil Collector. 

orphan and removed with relatives to the State of California, 
where he attended the public schools, completing his education 
at Heald's business college in San Francisco. At the age of 
fifteen years he was employed in a mercantile business in Cali- 
fornia, where he remained for two years, and then removed to 
Nevada, where he was interested in the mine niilliiig l)iisiness, 
but afterward entered a mercantile establishment. In 1S.S2, he 
arrived in Salt Lake City and established himself in the trans- 
fer business. This he carried on successfully for some time, 
after which he disposed of the enterprise and began contracting 
with the quartermasters department of U. S. army, in which 
he has been successful. 

Politically, Mr. Clute is a republican on National (juestions, 
while locally he affiliates with the liberal party, and his party 
in recognition of his services has several times chosen him to 
fill positions of public trust. While residing in .Nevada he was 
for several years a member of the State republican central com- 
mittee. In 18.su, he was appointed by the Utah Commission 
deputy register for the second precint of Salt Lake City, and in 
1890 he was elected city assessor and collector by a very large 
majority. He is the first liberal official who was ever elected 
to fill this important position, and since entering upon this 
official duty, he has made some very beneficial changes for the 
advancement of public interest, though, owing to the unjust 
discrimination which hud formerly been practiced in this oflice, 
he encountered a very clillicult undertaking. He materially in- 
creased the valuation of some real estate assessments, and by 
other reforms tending to e<|uali/'e such assessments he relieved 
the owners of personal property who formerly paid an uniust 
proportion. For his equitable action in this matter he received 
the approval of a large majority of the best citizens of Salt 
Lake. 

Fraternally he is a member of Masons. Odd Fellow.s. Knights 
of Pythias, Patriotic Sons of .Vmerica, Chosen Friends and 
Forresters, in all of which he is of high standing. Mr. Clute is 



Photo, by Shipler. 

J. B. W.\LDEN, City Trea.«nrfr. 

fidly confirmed in the career of Mr. .1. B. Waldeu, the present 
incumbent of the city treasurer's office. Mr. Walden is a 
native of Kentucky, having been born at New Liberty, in that 
state twenty-eight years ago. During his youth he removed 
with his parents to Cynthiana at which place he attended the 
public schools, graduating from the high school in the class of 
1877. .\fter leaving school be was employed as a travelling 
salesman for a St. Louis house. He came to Salt Lake City in 
1881, and establi.shed himself in the wooden aud willow-ware 
business as a member of the firm of Pavey, Walden i Ct)., 
the largest jobbing house in their line in this section. In 
1890 he wus the candidate of the liberal party for city treasurer 
and made a successful campaign. He at once retired from the 
active mercantile life in order to give his entire attention to 
the duties of his office, retaining, however, an interest in some 
very important mercantile institutions, and at present is the 
vice-president of the Salt l,:ike Hardware Conipauy. 

Mr. Walden is a descendant of a noted family, being a 
direct relative of the noted statesman, Patrick Henry. In 1HS4 
he was united in marriage, in this city, with Miss .\ugusta 
Baker, a lady of line family and many accomplishments, and as 
a result of this union he is now the father of three handsome 
children. 

In politics he is a democrat of, the staunch old Kentucky 
kind and stands today upon the ground that the time is at 
hand for a strict party division in Utah. 

Mr. Walden is interested in real estate and mining proper- 
ties in this Territory and in this manner has manifested his con- 
viction that Utah is one of the beat, and soon to become one of 
the largest States in the Union. 



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RICHARDS & MOYLE. 

Tlie Hoa. Frauklin S. Richards, a leading and representa- 
tive citizen of Salt Lake City, and a distinguished member of 
the bar, is a native of Utah, having been born at the city of 
Zion, forty-two years ago. He was admitted to practice in 
1871, and began his professional career at Ogden, where he re- 
sided until 1884, during which period he served a large and 
influential constituency in the several capacities of county 
clerk and recorder, also as prosecuting attorney. Politically, 
Mr. Richards was an honored representative of the people's 
party, serving as chairman of the Territorial central committee 
and occupying posi- 
tions of honor and 
trust within the party's 
gift until the disband- 
ing of that organiza- 
tion, when he allied 
himself to the demo- 
cratic party, in which 
he has become an emi- 
nent leader and direc- 
tor. He has twice 
been elected to the 
legislative council of 
the Territory, at one 
session of which he was 
the presiding officer; 
was delegate to Con- 
gress in 1882 and chair- 
man of the delegation 
from Salt Lake City 
to the constitutional 
convention of 1887. 

In 1884 be removed 
to Salt Lake, where he 
has since been actively 
engaged in the prac- 
tice of law before both 
theTerritorial and Fed- 
eral courts, appearing 
in cases of National 
importance, from their 
inception to their final 
determination before 
the Supreme court of 
the United States, and 
in the management of 
which he displayed 
abilities of a character 
so superior, and fidelity 
to the interests of his 
clients so entirely be- 
yond criticism, as to at- 
tract universal atten- 
tion and applause. 
Among the more im- 
portant questions 
raised by Mr. Richards 
and adjudicated by 
the court of last resort 
in his favor was one 

relating to the disfranchisement of all persons who had ever 
practiced polygamy. The court held that snch action could 
only be had where defendants were in the actual practice of 
same. Another question involving the powers of the Utah 
Commission, "to disfranchise people without trial," raised in 
the case of Murphy vs. Ramsay, and in the case of Angus Can- 
non vs. the United States on the question of what constituted 
unlawful cohabitation, were also disposed of. In the latter 
case Mr. Richards appeared for plaintiff and prevailed, the 
court holding that it consisted of living with more than one 
woman as a wife, and not actual cohabitation with other women. 
Other notable cases in which he was attorney were Salt Lake 
City vs. O. J. HoUister, collector, in a suit to recover revenue 
tax from government on the part of the city, also that of Lo- 
renzo Snow, convicted and sentenced on three counts for unlaw- 
ful cohabitation. He was released under habeas corpus pro- 
ceedings on tlie ground that one conviction only for the same 
offense could be established. The case had been previously 
argui'd in the Supreme court and dismissed for want of juris- 
diction; in the case of Xielsen, convicted of unlawful cohabi- 
tation and adultery, a release was effected on the ground that 
one offense only was committed; in the matter of Samuel Davis 
vs. H. G. Beason, in regard to the validity of a" test oath" pro- 




HON. F. S. RICHARDS. 



hibiting members of the Mormon church from voting in Idaho, 
the court held the same valid. As the attorney of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints vs. United States, as to 
the power of Congress to divorce a corporation and confiscate 
its property, Mr. Richards has been indefatigable, having been 
detained in Washington during the greater part of the past ten 
years on behalf of the people of the church. The property in- 
volved amounts to more than two millions of dollars in value, 
and is now in the hands of a receiver appointed by the govern- 
ment, but Mr. Richards is confident that he will win the case, in 
which opinion he is sustained by the leading lawyers of the city. 
He has also appeared many times before the committees of 

Congress and submit- 
ted arguments and 
statements as to the 
condition of Utah, both 
in regard to its re- 
sources and its local 
and religious condi- 
tions. For twelve 
years he has been the 
chief attorney and lead- 
ing counsel of the Mor- 
mon church, has asso- 
ciated with men of na- 
tional repute in the 
trial of many cases, is 
one of the best known 
practitioners before the 
United States Supreme 
court, has an extensive 
acquaintance with the 
most prominent of law- 
yers and statesmen, 
and is regarded as one 
of the brightest men in 
the legal fraternity of 
Utah or the country. 
Socially, he is a pleas- 
ant and affable gentle- 
man, happily married, 
fond of his family, and 
a delightful compan- 
ion. 

J. II. Moyle, the jun- 
ior partner, is a bril- 
liant young man, born 
at Salt Lake City in 
1858, and consequently 
in his thirty :third year. 
He graduated in the 
law department of the 
Michigan University 
with the class of 188.5, 
was admitted to the bar 
of that State on the 
nineteenth of the fol- 
lowing June, and lo 
the Utah bar Septem 
ber fourth of the same 
year. Prior to his em- 
bracing the profession, 
special course of science 
advantageous. In 18815 



however, he availed himself of a 
with results that have proved 
he was elected county attorney, holding the position un- 
til 1890, and in 1888 became a member of the Terri- 
torial legislature, for two years was one of the board of trustees 
of the Territorial reform school, has been a director of the Des- 
eret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society for several years, 
also a director of the Utah Loan and Trust Company at Og- 
den since its organization, and with his associate lias been 
attorney for Z. C. M. I. of this city, the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter Day Saints, and other prominent institutions. Mr. 
Moyle is a democrat who has always taken an active part in 
politics and attended the Chicago-St.Louis conventions at 
which Grover Cleveland was nominated as an enthusiastic mem- 
berof his party to witness the proceedings. He is one of the pres- 
ent central committee of the democracy of Salt Lake county, 
and deeply interested in all that pertains to Jeffersonian doc- 
trines. In personal appearance Mr. Moyle is tall, dignified, 
with a graceful bearing, and perfectly self-possessed at all 
times. He is a married man, devoted to his family, an agreea- 
ble gentleman and a lawyer with a brilliant career before him. 
IThe firm occupy commodious and elegantly appointed offices 
in the Constitution building. 




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JAMES ALLEN WILLIAMS. 

The subject of tbis sketch was born in Canuoueburg, IJoyJ 
county, Keutuoky, Nov. 30th, 1859. His father was of Irish- 
Welsh descent anil came to .\merica in the early colonial days. 
He was one of the solid, substantial citizens of (ireenup 
county, Kentucky, and the first sherilT of lioyd county after 
its organization. He died in 1H63, after havins ti(,'ured for a 
number of years in the politics of that State, leaving a consider- 
able fortune which was squandered through niismanagenient 
by the admiuistrafors of the estate. The early education of 
James A. Williams was limited to a large extent, on account of 
his being obliged to 
work in order to obtain 
the means to enable 
him to attend school. 
At sixteen years of age, 
however, he prepared 
himself for the position 
of teacher in the pul)lic 
schools, where he serv- 
ed five terms with suc- 
cess and credit to him- 
self. In this capacity 
and by performing od<l 
jobs in his leisure, he 
secured sufficient means 
in January, 1881, to enter 
the preparatory depart- 
ment of Center college 
of Kentucky. In Sep- 
tember of the same 
year, he matriculated iu 
the collegiate depart- 
ment of the same in- 
stitution and graduated 
in June, 188.5, with the 
degree of A. B. .\s a 
student he manifested 
great zeal and energy in 
whatever he undertook 
and carried off many of 
the prizes that were 
offered. While at both 
Center college and the 
University of Virginia, 
he was an enthusiastic 
member of the K8p[)a 
Alpha, a college frater- 
nity, for four years hold- 
ing the office of CJrand 
Purser of the order, 
during which period he 
was instrumental in 
spreading the order 
throughout the South. 
He continues to be an 
active member of that 
organization. On leav- 
ing college be was 
elected principal of the 
Catlettsburg, Kentucky, graded schools, a position he held^for 
one year, when he resigned to begin the study of law at the 
University of Virginia, whence he graduated with high honors 
in 1888. 

He began the practice of law in Catlettsburg during the 
same year, and in January, 18.'<'.>, removed to Denver, Colorado, 
where he remained one year, then locating at Salt Lake. Since 
his advent into this city he has been retained in some of the 
most important cases in the courts, Ijeing also attorney for 
some of the largest jobbing houses in Salt Lake, and has a 
practice that will bring him in an annual income of S.'),UOll. 
For a practice of less than two years this speaks well, and as 
an indication that Mr. Williams will, in the near future, have 
an enviable reputation in the ranks of the prominent practi- 
tioners of the country. 

Mr. Williams is a single man, a democrat in politics, and 
takes an active interest iu all that pertains to his parly. Me is 
the vice-president of the Wilson Democratic Club and promi- 
nent in all its councils. He is also a member of the MaFonic 
fraternity, a member of Fidelity Lodge No. 17 of I. (). (). F., 
and of the P. O. S. of A. of Washington Camp No. 6 of Salt 
Lake City. He occupies suite 514 and 515 in the Progress 
building, and those desiring the services of a reliable, safe and 
competent counselor can do no better than to consult him. He 



is a pleasant gentlemen in social converse, affable and polite to 
all, and one of the brainiest young men in the Territory. 




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GOAD & GOAD. 

While the older members of the bench and bar of Utah are 
being reviewed in this work, those that have recently located 
here, and who have left a practice of equally large proportion 
and fully as lucrative as that possessed by some who have been 
here for years, must not be overlooked. Among those who have 
latterly located in Salt Lake City, there are none who stand 

higher and are more 
favorably known than 
the firm of Coad ,V Coad, 
composed of Messrs. J. 
C. and !■;. F. Coad, hav- 
ing offices in the Was- 
atch building. Mr. J. 
C. Coad is a native of 
Pennsylvania and forty- 
six years of age. He 
first read law at Mount 
Pleasant, Iowa, was ad- 
mijted to the bar in 
1870, and began to 
practice at Moulteu, in 
the same State, remain- 
ing there about seven- 
teen years, when he re- 
moved to Colorado, 
where he remained un- 
til about six months 
ago,when hecamehither 
and became the senior 
member in a partnership 
formed with his brother 
who had [jreceded him 
about two and a half 
years. During his life 
he has held several 
prominent positions of 
trust and respousibil- 
i*y, one of the latter be- 
ing the office of assist- 
ant district prosecuting 
attorney for Colorado, 
which he resigned upon 
coming to this city. 
During the late civil war 
he enlisted iu Iowa and 
served his country with 
honor and disliction for 
three years and three 
months. Fraternally he 
is a Mason of high 
standing, also a mem- 
ber of the G. A. K., and 
in National politics is 
an ardent republican. 
He is interested in Salt 



J. H. MOYLE, Attorney. 



Lake realty and mines, and after some months of active 
and personal examination of the mining interests declares that 
the resources of this Territory are far iu excess of those of the 
Dakotas and Colorado, which he also thorougly investigated. 

The junior member of the firm, Mr. Ed. F. Coad, is a native 
of Iowa and 35 years of age. He first read law in the office of 
his brother, ,T. C. C'oad, at Moulten, Iowa, was admitted in Jan- 
uary, 18S1, and began at once to practice in Seymour, Iowa; he 
remained there some time, when he removed to Lincoln county, 
Kas., where he located and soon secured a large patronage, but 
like many others, believing the far west offered better oppor- 
tunities to rise, he set his face in this direction, and after a brief 
sojourn in Colorado, arrived in Zion about two and a half years 
ago. During his residencein Lincoln county, Kas., he was prose- 
cuting attorney for that city and county, a position he filled 
with honor to himself and credit to the people who elected him. 

Mr. Coad is married and his wife and three children now 
call Salt Lake City home. Fraternally he is a member of the 
Knights of Pythias. In National politics he is an ardent 
republican; locally he adheres to the liberals. 

The tirm is exceptionally strong and are deserving of 
their high class of patronage. They are both identified with 
the interests of the city and Territory, and are very confident 
of great prospects and growth in the future. 



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HON. A. G. NOEHELL. 

There are no more interesting and instructive studies than 
the life histories of men who have made their mark in life, and 
have attained a position of trust and honor. This is more especi- 
ally tlie case in the Western country where succe.S8 is gener- 
ally achieved only after a hard struggle Hgainst opposing cir- 
cumstances. An example of this is to be found in the life of 
the Hon. A. G. Norrell. This well-known and popular gentle- 
man was born in 18.59, at .Jackson, Mississippi, and graduated 
from the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 
1876. In ISSI) he began the practice of law at Yazoo City, 
Mississippi. In lS81,he was elected to the legislature from 




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HON. A. G. NORRELL, U. S. Commissioner. 

Yazoo county, Mississippi, and re-elected in 1883 and 1885 by 
the largest majorities on the democratic ticket. This fact 
alone, is an evidence of the high esteem in which he was held, 
as he had only been a resident of the oouuty a short time be- 
fore he was elected to represent its people in the halls of the 
legislature. After serving his constituents honorably and 
creditably, he decided that the West offered more fruitful fields 
for his ambition, and in .January, 1887, he landed in Salt Lake 
and began the practice of his profession. In .June, of the same 
year, he was appointed United States Commissioner and has 
ever since been prominently identified with the city and her 
interests. He is well-known in politics as an uncompromising 
democrat and regarded as one of the ablest speakers in the 
Territory. He is a gentleman of the true Southern type, and a 
brilliant man in the profession which he has chosen. 



ZANE & PUTNAM. 

There are a number of members of the legal fraternity in 
Salt Lake City specially deserving of notice in a work of this 
character on account of their ability and gentlemanly qualifica- 
tions in the profession which they have chosen. There are, per- 
haps, more young lawyers poEeessiug originaltalent for the prac- 
tice of their pursuit in Salt Lake City than iuany othercity of its 
size in the country, and prominent among these are Messrs. 
Zane A: Putnam, with oii'ces in the Progress building. .John 
M. Zane is a native of Springfield, 111., and twenty-eight years 
of age. He received a common school education in his native 
town, and afterwards graduated from the University of Michi- 
gan in 1884. He removed to Salt Lake in the same year, where 
lie began reading law with his father, Hon. C. S. Zane, and was 
admitted to practice in 1887. lie has been engaged in several 
important oases in the city, prominent among which was Coke 
vs. Coke, on a question of illegitimate Mormon children being 
entitled to inherit property. The question was decided by the 



United States Supreme court in the affirmative, and the manner 
in which Mr. Zane handled the case, added considerably to his 
prominence and standing in the profession. The gentle- 
man was clerk of the District court from 1884 to 1887, in 
which responsible position he acquitted himself with great 
ability and credit. He has also occupied the position of court 
inspector for the Supreme court of Utah since 1881) up to the 
present time, and has been assistant United States district at- 
torney since 1889. For so young a man, he has held a number 
of important positions, all of which he has filled with credit to 
himself and satisfaction to all. In politics, Mr. Zane is a re- 
publican, nationally and locally. He is a young man of unusual 
promise and destined to rank among the legal celebrities of the 
West at no distant day. 

Mr. Graham F. Putnam was born in the State of New York 
and graduated in the classical course of Columbia college, that 
State, in 1888. He began the practice of law in 1890, and has 
been very successful ever since. In national politics he is a 
democrat and locally a liberal. He is a young man of bright 
intellect, and has studied diligently to perfect himself in all the 
important points both of the common and statute law. The 
firm is a strong one, has a first-class library and is in the enjoy- 
ment of a lucrative and growing practice. They are entitled 
to the confidence of the public, and worthy of all patronage 
that may be accorded them. 



J. E. DAEMER. 

The practice of law is in the nature of things an accomplish- 
ment that is diliicult to acciuire, even by hard study. To be a 
successful lawyer, a man should possess those natural attri- 
bntes that entitle him a front rank in the profession. Salt 
Lake City has as excellent an aggregate of legal talent as can 
be found in any city, of much larger population. Many of the 




Photo, by Sliipler. 

J. E. DARMER, Attorney. 

fraternity are young men who came out here with a laudable 
ambition to carve a name for themselves, and hosts of them are 
succeeding. In the list of prominent young members of the 
bar of Salt Lake, Mr. J. E. Darmer occupies a prominent posi- 
tion. He was born at Decatur, 111., twenty-five years ago, and 
removed to Utah in 1890, and where by the exercise of his 
brilliant talents and a persevering character he has already 
secured a large and lucrative practice. He is a young gentle- 
man of fine address, well posted on all law points, and regarded 
as one of the ablest lawyers in the Territory. He is withal very 
sound in his judgment and conscientious on all matters, both 
of a private and public character, in the profession and as a 
layman. He has elegant apartments in the Central Block, 
where he can be consulted during business hours by all in 
need of the services of a first-class counselor. 




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HON. ORLANDO W. POWERS. 

Judge Orlando W. Powers for mnny years has been one of 
the most conspiiMioiis figures in Utah. His brilliant leadership 
of the liberal party has made him the leader of the Oeutile 
people, while his \'raoefiil, picturesque and impassiouate 
oratory, both on the stump and at the bar, has won for him the 
admiration of all lovers of the rostrum. His life has been so 
busy, so eventful, so crowded willi iutere.sting incidents that it 
is impossible to but touch upon some of the most important 
data in this brief review. Born .Tune Ki, 18."jl on a farm at 
Pulkneyville, X. Y., Orlando W. I'owers started the battle of 
life with b>it a common 
school education as his 
capital. Before he was 
twenty-one he had (,'rad- 
uated from the law de- 
partment of the Michigan 
University. H i s first 
vote was cast for 1 lorace 
Greeley and the same 
year he was nominated 
by the democrats of the 
West Assembly district 
of Wayne county. New 
York, for the legislature, 
and defeated by a broth- 
er-in-law of Grover Cleve- 
land. In the spring of 
187:^ he was admitted to 
the Supreme court prac- 
tice of Michigan and en- 
tered the law firm of May 
& Buck at Kalamazoo, 
where he worked three 
months for his board. 
His services proved so 
valuable that he became 
a member of the firm — 
his share of the business 
being Sl.^0 a year and 
board. I le afterward suc- 
ceeded to the firm's busi- 
ness. In 1878 he was 
nominated by the dem- 
ocrats of Kalamazoo for 
prosecuting attorney, and 
ran 12IW1 ahead of his 
ticket. In the spring of 
1880 he was elected vil- 
lage attorney by the dem- 
ocratic council, and in 
the fall of the same year 
was nominated for Con- 
gress by the democrats 
of the Fourth Congress- 
ional District; .T. C. Bur- 
roughs, the present rep- 
resentative, being the re- 
publican candidate. In 
the convention, .Judge 
Powers received fifty- 
eight out of sixty votes, 

and in a hotly-contested campaign polled the largest democratic 
vote up to that time. He was made chairman of the democratic 
Committee in 1882 and carried the city. In 1882 he became an 
author by preparing a work on chancery proceedings ; which 
was followed in LH84 by " Power's Supreme Court Practice." 
In 1884 he was elected one of Michigan's four delegates-at- 
large to the National Convention and opposed the unit rule in 
an able and eloquent speech. This year he was made chairman 
of the Kalamazoo County Campaign Committee and carried the 
county for the democrats. He was a member of every State 
convention from 187r) to 1885. 

lie was appointed Associate .Justice of Utah by President 
Cleveland and sworn in on the Ist of May and assigned to the 
First District, with headquarters at Ogden, and tried the first 
of the Eleven .Vpostles ever convicted of polygamy. The 
great Bullion-Beok mining suit, which was one of the greatest 
mining trials ever known, was tried before Judge Powers, who 
held for the defendants. The agents of this powerful corpora- 
tion began a fight against his confirmation in the Senate and 
all adverse influences were brought to bear. Being satisfied 
that they would succeed in defeating his confirmation by a 
republican senate, Judge Powers placed his letter of resigna- 



tion in the hands of the President. Judge Henderson was ap- 
pointed to succeed him. .\t this time l3on Dickinson had a 
hard fight on hand in Michigan and he made Powers editor of 
the Grand Rapids Democrat, ami his brilliant pen did valiant 
work. .'Vfter six weeks he quit the editorial chair to accept an 
engagement from a lecture bureau, and is next found in 
Utah in a law office without a law practice, but with a few good 
friends, A year later he is next heard of in the harness with 
a luxurious practice and at the head of the liberal party. His 
distinguished services to his party and to his Territory during 
" times that tried men's souls" would make a volume of very 
interesting history. He was the idol of hie party and to bis 

dexterous leadership and 
political tact, was ac- 
knowledged the series of 
victories which hastened 
the abandonment of 
polygamy and the dis- 
solution of the peoples' 
party. During the excit- 
ing political campaigns 
in Utah .Judge Powers 
seemed ubiquitous, and 
like Napoleon, "flashed 
athwart the sky with me- 
teoric splendor, dazzling 
and astonishing the op- 
position by hip genius." 




HON. OKLANDO W. POWERli. 



LEE & POST. 

Among the bright lights 
of the legal fraternity in 
Salt Lake City, the firm 
of Lee & Post. 52 and 53 
Commercial block, are 
shining examples of what 
industry and persever- 
ance, backed by a full 
knowledge of the pro- 
fession, can accomplish. 
The gentlemen who are 
associated together in the 
practice of law, have a 
very rapidly growing pat- 
ronage, and are consid- 
ered authority on all 
matters relating to the 
profession. Mr. E. O. 
Lee was born in Canada, 
some thirty-six years ago. 
When quite young he re- 
moved to Illinois, where 
he was educated, read- 
ing law with Hon. .Tae. 
Shaw, a prominent law- 
yer and politician of Mt. 
Carroll, that .State. He 
afterward emigrated to 
Nebraska, settling in Sid- 
ney, where his merits soon 
obtained for him the largest land and commercial practice in that 
section of the State, He was elected prosecuting attorney of .Sid- 
ney by the largest majority ever received in the county, and 
held this responsible position for two years. He also appeared 
in a number of cases before the U. .S. Federal court at Omaha, 
Neb., all of which he handled in such a masterly manner as to 
command the highest encomiums of praise from older mem- 
bers of the bar. In the order of secret societies. Mr. Lee is a 
prominent member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias 
societies. In National politics, he is an ardent, and active 
member of the great republican party. 

Mr. .Termain Post hails from the .State of New York, and is 
forty years of age. He is a graduate of the State University of 
Madison, Wisconsin, of the class of 1879, and practiced law in 
that State for many years. He is a member of the Mystic 
Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Methodist Church, and 
a pleasant and agreeable gentleman socially. In National 
politics, he is an active republican, and a liberal, locally. He 
is an eloquent speaker, a man of brilliant attainments, with 
bright prospects before him. 



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C. O. WHITTEMOBE. 

Among the prominent young members of the Salt Lake 
bar Mr. C. O. Whittemore is conspicuous for his ability and 
the valuable services that he has rendered the city. He is a 
native of Salt Lake, and thirty years of age. He read law in 
the office of Judge Van Zile, formerly United States Attorney 
for Utah, and for one year served as assistant city and county 
attorney, but resigned and finished his legal education at the 
Columbia Law School of New York, and began practicing the 
day he attained his majority, and has been employed as counsel 
in a number of important cases in the Territory, one of them. 



most valuable citizens. He is a member of the KoightB of 
Pythias, and in politics is a republican, Nationally and locally. 
He is married to a most estimable lady, formerly Miss Sarah 
L. Brown of this city, and has three children. 



O. H. HARDY. 

Among the representative men of Salt Lake, Mr. O. H. 
Hardy stands preeminent. He is a pioneer of Utah, and 
received his early education in the public schools of Salt Lake 
City. He is also thoroughly an American, tracing his ancestry 





C. O. WHITTEMORE. 



O. H. H.\KDY, CouncUman. 



the Cope case, being especially worthy of mention. The ques- 
tion at issue involving the rights of polygamous children to 
inherit the father's estate, and afpected property throughout the 
Territory to the amount of several millions of dollars. He 
enjoys the distinction of having been one of the first Gentiles to 
be elected to office in Salt Lake City, a member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Eighth School District. He is now attorney 
for the Brooklyn Real Estate and Loan Company, which holds 
property in the city to the value of over .f.^OCHOO, also for the 
Garden City Improvement Company, heavily interested in the 
city and vicinity. About 1889, Mr. Whittemore, in conjunction 
with W. H. Shearman, influenced investments by Eastern cap- 
italists in property and loans in the city. Thus far they have 
placed nearly .S1,000,000, and the gentlemen are still loaning 
large sums in response to demands made for same. While on 
an Eastern business trip Mr. Whittemore met Mr. Benson, and 
induced him to visit Salt Lake City, a visit that resulted in 
building of the Knutstord hotel. Mr. Whittemore will endeavor 
in the near future to influence the syndicate, for which he is the 
attorney, to erect several business blocks in this city, also to 
interest them in the building of the railroad to the Deep Creek 
Country, Pioche, Nevada, and thence to the coast. He has 
already secured the promise of a large amount of Eastern cap- 
ital, and it is well known there that the construction of this 
road would be a valuable factor in developing a rich mining 
and agricultural region, uever yet traversed by the wheels of 
the iron horse. Mr. Whittemore is a stockholder in the Times 
and one of the original founders of that paper, a republican 
organ, established for the purpose of representing the resources 
and advantages of the Territory in a proper light, and to repel 
the attacks published against the people and the Territory by 
irresponsible writerB,whieh service the paper has been the means 
of accomplishing. Mr. Whittemore, from a life-long residence in 
Salt Lake, and a thorough acquaintance, by personal observa- 
tion of the resources of Utah, thinks it is greater in valuable 
products and undeveloped riches, than any adjoining States 
and Territories, not even excepting Colorado. He has done as 
much as any one person for the best interests of Salt Lake and 
Utah, and is appreciated by all classes of people as one of her 



back to the landing of the "Mayflower" at Plymoutli Rock. 
His grandfather was active in the Revolutio i, being one of the 
first men to take up arms against the British. His father and 
mother were both natives of Massachusetts, and many of his 
relatives still reside in that State. 

Mr. Hardy began farming at the age of fifteen, following 
that occupation for several years, when he came to Salt Lake 
City where he engaged as clerk with Taylor & Cutler, remain- 
ing with that firm four years, during which time he acquired a 
thorough knowledge of merchandising. He then began busi- 
ness on his own account, associating himself with his brother, 
L. G. Hardy, under the firm name of Hardy Bros. They opened 
their establishment in 1882, but subsequently sold out to a 
stock company, retaining, however, the control of a large block 
of the stock. The venture prospered, and in 1891, when it 
again changed hands, and has since been conducted under the 
firm name of Hardy, Young & Co. Mr. Hardy has always 
retained a controlling interest in the concern, and under his 
able direction the business has increased to an aggregate of 
nearly 81011,000 per annum. His enterprise has been deserv- 
edly rewarded, and his keen business sagacity has invariably 
directed his money into profitable channels. Independent of 
strictly business pursuits he is an ardent admirer of fine-bred 
stock, and a few years ago purchased a ranch located in Utah 
county, containing some six hundred acres, which has since 
been made the home of a large number of horses and cattle of 
a very superior breed. 

He was married in 1878, to Miss Esther A. Margette, of this 
city, a lady of rare accomplishments, and his family now con- 
sists of father, mother and three children. Mr. Hardy is 
closely identified with a number of corporations in Salt Lake 
exclusive of those already mentioned, being director and stock- 
holder of the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank; director 
and stockholder of the Burton Gardner Company; also stock- 
holder in the Deseret National Bank. Although without polit- 
ical aspirations he waB,in 1890, elected councilman forthe Third 
precinct of Salt Lake City, by an overwhelmning majority. 
He represents the people of his precinct to their entire satis- 
faction, and is daily gaining in popularity and reputation. 




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A. J. PENDLETON. 

A. J. Pendleton, eminent as a pioneer, h public spirited 
citizen and a mi ruber of the board of aldermen from the First 
precinct, is a native of New York State, where he was also 
eiluciited, and passed the earlier years of his life. At an early 
day he moved west and in 18)i.S was a resident of the present 
city of Chicago. In 1S4."), ht)wever, he bade adieu to the Indian 
tradiuK post with its whitewashed stockade, which has since 
been translated mto one of the larfjest and most populous 
cities in the United States, and removed to Iowa, locating at 
Council Bluffs. Three years later he again "started West" 



improvements to comport with the elegant bnildinge. In 
casting about for a man to fill this responsible position of 
chairman of the Board of Public Works, Mayor Scott fortun- 
nately selected C L. Haines. The wisdom of the selection has 
already been demonstrated by the careful attention and wise 
supervision e.xercised by that official over the construction of 
the Parley Creek conduit, a public work that will compare fa- 
vorably with the best masonry for like purposes to be seen in 
the East. Another public improvement of great importance 
under the control of the Board of Public Works is the paving 
of State Street, and the fine granite blocks already on the 
ground bespeak the high . merit of the material selected for 





A. .J. FENDLKTON, Coancilmim. 

and upon reaching Salt Lake city opened, in conjunction with 
his brother, one of the first blacksmith shops in the Territory. 
His line of production included almost every article known to 
the craft from heavy saw-mill machinery to a rivert, and he 
succeeded in building up a large trade, which he still caters to, 
his son meanwhile having become his partner. In 1851, Mr. 
Pendleton was married to Miss Mary Spiers a most amiable 
and estimable lady who has borne him two children, a sun and 
daughter, both of whom survive. 

In 18'J0 he received the nomination for .yderman of the 
First precinct at the hands of the liberal party and was one of 
the Dumber who were successful; since his election his ex- 
perience and ability have made him a most valuable represen- 
tative of his constituents. He has advocated some very im- 
portant measures among which was the establishment of a 
large public park in the beautiful spot known as City Creek 
Canon, which he conceived would be a mostimportant feature 
for the beautifying of the city. 

By his own individual efforts Mr. Pendleton has accumu- 
lated an independence and has shown his cot<fidence in the 
future of this city and Territory by investments and otherwise. 
He has not only the credit of being one of the pioneers but in 
addition, one of the city's most progressive and popular 
citizens. 

C. L. HAINES. 

In the building of American cities there are eras of great ac- 
tivity, during which time a large portion of the municipal im- 
provements are projected and constructed. In a few years 
vast sums of money are expended in improving streets, con- 
structing sewers and building a system of water works. For- 
tunate is the city that selects the right heads to manage its 
public works at these times, for through incomj)etent ofiicials 
and bad construction millions of dollars of the tax-payers' 
money is wasted, and the public works, instead of reflecting 
credit to the city, will compromise its honor and pride. Salt 
T.ake City has just entered upon an era of city building. The 
millions of dollars expended by the enterprising private citi- 
zens in massive business blocks and handsome private resi- 
dences has made a demand upon the city government for street 



C. L. HAINES, Cliairman Board of Public Works. 

this work. During the past year over eleven miles of sidewalk 
were built under the direction of the board, and the large side- 
walk districts already created indicates that during the coming 
year this good work will be prosecuted with even greater vigor 
than during the preceeding season. 

Mr. Haines was born in New Jersey, January 17tb, 1832, in 
which State he received his early education. When eighteen 
years of age his parents moved to Philadelphia and young 
Haines worked for many years in the coasting trade. He came 
to Utah in 18<5.t and worked for a mining company, but soon 
became connected with the Gilmer Jc Saulsberry Stage Com- 
pany, with which he remained for several years. Like most of 
Salt Lake's enterprising citizens, Mr. Haines invested in va- 
rious mining enterprises and is now connected with the Yosem- 
ite No. "2. located in Bingham, in the West Mountain mining 
district. Mr. Haines is a man of dignified appearance, as his 
portrait indicates, and his generous sympathies have attached 
to him a wide circle of friends among the best business men of 
the city. 

WM. G. VAN HORNE. 

Among the prominent members of the Utah bar that com- 
mand the confidence and respect of the community of Salt Lake, 
there is none, perhaps, that occupy a higher position in this re- 
gard than Wm. G. Van Home. The gentleman was born in 
Fayeteville. Arkansas, and although but thirty-five years of age, 
possesses a knowledge of the law that very few men of big age 
can lay claim to. He graduated at Brown University, Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, in the class of 1877, and afterward read 
law with lieunett A- Harkness of this city. He has been in 
actual i)ractice for the past thirteen years and enjoys a lucra- 
tive and rapidly increasing patronage. 

Mr. Van Home is a prominent member of the Masooic fra- 
ternity, and Grand Master Mason of the Terntory. He is 
largely interested in the mines of the Territory. He occupies 
an elegant suite of rooms at 17'J Main Street and possesses one 
of the finest libraries in Salt Lake. He is the legal advisor of 
many prominent commercial firms and mercantile houses of 
the city, and his counsel is eagerly sought after by those need- 
ing legal advice and assistance. 



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S. p. ARMSTRONG. 

^Mr. S. P. Armetroug is another of the younger mem- 
bers of the Salt Lake bar who, during his three years' residence 
in the city, has made himself prominent through the cases he 
has been engaged in. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and is 
now m his thirty-first year. His education was received in 
Ohio University and the Cincinnati Law School, from which 
institutions he graduated. He began the practice of law in 
Kewoastle, Pa., in 1887, and from that place removed to Seattle. 
Salt Lake offering better inducements he decided to change 
and came to Utah, in the courts of which he appeared as coun- 
sel in several important cases. He was one of the attorneys in 
the case of the estate of Thomas Cope on appeal from the 
Probate court to the Third District court, Utah Supreme court 
and finally ■ o the United States Supreme court. He appeared 
on the side for the polygamous child who won the case, which 
has been regarded as one of the most important ever tried in 
Utah, as it established a very important precedent. Mr. Arm- 
strong is single. He is a republican in National politics, a 
member of Phi Delta Phi of the law fraternity, and other socie- 
ties. He is regarded as one of the leading young men of the 
Salt Lake bar, and enjoys the confidence of all who have had 
business relations with him. 



HON. S. S. MARKHAM. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Rochester, New 
York, thirty-three years ago. At an early age he decided to 
adopt the legal profession, and alter completing a course at the 
Rochester University, entered the office of Dantorth & Shep- 
pard of that city. After the expiration of the usual period re- 
quired, he was admitted to the bar of that city in 188i, and at 
once took rank with the leading attorneys. In this cormection 
it may be stated that the senior member of the firm, when he 
received his legal education, was for a long time associate judge 
of the court of appeals of the State of New York, and that he 
was considered one of the ablest jurists in the State. After a 
time Mr. Markham decided to follow the course of empire and 
turned his face toward the setting sun, settling in Dakota 
where he stood at the head of his profession. The fame of Salt 
Lake attracted his attention and be decided to locate here, 
coming hither about 1891, and since his arrival he has pros- 
pered, having built up a good success and a large cUentage. 
In politics he is a democrat nationally and a liberal in local is- 
sues. He is a benedict and has a very interesting family. Mr. 
Markham is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows and is esteemed highly by all who know him. He occupies 
offices b2 and 33 Scott-Auerbach block. He has charge of a 
very large number of important cases^ involving money and 
property to a large amount. 



W. H. CROMER. 

i^Mr. W. H. Cromer, the subject of this sketch, is a native of 
Pennsylvania, thirty-six years of age, a graduate in the class of 
1883, of the National Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio, in the 
scientific and law departments, in both of which he distin- 
guished himself by the possession of the highest order of learn- 
ing. For fourteen years prior to his graduation he was a 
teacher of Latin and Greek; he subsequently retired from that 
position, however, and after some years passed in travel, in 
1888 located at Denver, Col., where he was connected with C. 
T. Richardson, in the practice of the law, so continuing with 
good success, until attracted by the reports of Salt Lake City, 
he removed hither, arriving in this city about 1889. Upon lo- 
cating in Utah he found himself with a very small capital upon 
which to begin, but by judicious investment and close atten- 
tion to business he has come into possession of a large amount 
of real estate, and now pays taxes on §30,000 worth of prop- 
erty, being also interested in mines. He is an enthusiast on 
all subjects connected with the wonderful resources of this 
Territory and the future prospects of the city. His clientage 
is large and rapidly increasing, and he now ranks among the 
leaders of his profession. 



HON. S. A. MERRITT. 

Among the prominent attorneys of Salt Lake City, there is 
none that occupies a more favorable position or commands 
more respect in the legal world than Hon. S. A. Merritt. The 
gentleman was born in Augusta county, Virginia, August 15, 
1828, and graduated from Washington College, (now Washing- 
ton and Lee UniversityJ in June, 1848. In 1849 he emigrated 
to California and settled in Mariposa county, of which he was 
elected clerk in 1850. He resigned, however, in the fall, and 
was the same year elected a member of the general assembly 
and was re-elected in 1852. In 1858 he was admitted to prac- 
tice in the California courts, and in 1S56 was elected senator 
from the sixth district, a position he held with honor to himself 
and credit to his constituants for six years. A few years later he 
moved to Idaho, from which Territory he, in 1870, was selected 
as a member to the 42d Congress, where he served his constit- 
uants faithfully and acceptably for two years. Upon the 
expiration of his term of office, he came to Salt Lake, where 
he resumed the practice of law with such good effect that he 
soon became recognized as one of its most brilliant and accom- 
plished attorneys. With the advent of the liberal party into 
power in 1890, he was appointed city attorney, a position he 
held until the spring of 1892, when ili^health compelled him to 
resign and take a trip to the Pacific coast, whence he returned 
much improved. Mr. Merritt is a man of wealth, a gentleman 
of honest convictions, a lawyer of remarkable force of charac- 
ter, and highly esteemed by aU who have the honor of his ac- 
quaintance. He is a steadfast friend, an uncomprising foe to 
all but honorable intentions, and a stern enemy of unscrupu- 
lous politicians. 



BOOTH & GRAY. 

Among the eminent, array of legal talent that adorns the bar 
of Salt Lake, there is no more conspicuous firm of lawyers 
than Hiram E. Booth and J. G. Gray, the gentlemen of whom 
this sketch is the subject. The former is one of the United 
States commissioners for Utah, and whose biography in connec- 
tion with his official associates will be found in another coluipn 
of this work. The firm make a specialty of commercial litiga- 
tion, including collections, and transact a large business. They 
are recognized as one of the strongest and ablest combinations 
in the ranks of the legal fraternity of the city, and have the 
unlimited confidence and respect of all who know them. Mr. 
Gray, the junior member of the firm, began the study of law in 
1884 and was admitted to practice in 1887. He has resided in 
Utah for three years and has been activelj engaged in the 
practice of his profession during that time. The co-partner- 
ship was formed March 1st, 1891. Their offices are ehgibly 
located in the magnificent Commercial Bank building where 
they occupy rooms 64 and 65. Both these gentlemen are com- 
paratively young and are recognized as men who are thorough- 
ly ideutitied with the best interests of the city and territory. 
They handle all legal matters entrusted to them with great 
skill and consequently their business has increased very rapid- 
ly since they came to Salt Lake City. 



HON. J. W. JUDD. 

The Hon.^J. W. Judd was born on a plantation in Sumner 
county, Tennessee, September 6, 1839. Upon the completion 
of his academic course he began the study of law in the office 
of his uncle, the Hon. J. C. Stark, an eminent advocate of 
Springfield. At the close of the war, during which Judge Judd 
served in the Confederate army, he was admitted to practice, 
and in May, 1865, opened an office at Springfield, whence he 
was frequently summoned to Nashville in his professional ca- 
pacity and as counsel in cases involving the most intricate ques- 
tions of law and equity. His learning, ability, eloquence, inti- 
mate familiarity with the disposition of mooted points in the 
Courts of Chancery and common law throughout the United 
States, as also abroad, brought him into special prominence at 
the Tennessee bar, and he was appointed to the Circuit Bench 
of his native State, subsequently being made a Justice of the 
Supreme court. The decisions rendered in his judicial capaci- 
ties were models of elegant diction and legal acumen, securing 
for their author an extended reputation, and establishing prec- 
edents in respect to legal principles that have since remained 
unreversed. He has always been prominent in Masonic circles, 
being a Knight Templar, also a member of the Knights of 
Pythias and of the Knights of Honor. Politically he is a dem- 
ocrat, and in 1884 served as an elector on the National demo- 
cratic ticket. In 1888 he was appointed Chief Justice of the 
Territorial Supreme court of Utah, where his administration 
of the trust was characterized by profound legal learning and 
judicial abilities of exceptional scope and resouice. Here- 
signed his position in 1889 to resume the practice of law, to 
which he has since devoted his attention. .ludge Judd is mar- 
ried, and his wife, a most charming woman with four children, 
complete his household. 






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MARSHALL & BOYLE. 

The tirm of Mareliall A Koyle is composed of the best aud 
most favorublyknowucouucillors at lawiii the Territory of Utah. 
The indivulual members are Thomas Marshall aud Jouathan 
O. Royle, both uatives of Kentucky. Mr. Marshall is titty-six 
years of age, and has been a promiueut attorney for thirty-four 
years. He has practiced before the courts of Montana auU Utah, 
being a member of the bar of the latter for twenty-live years, with 
resiileuce in Salt Lake City, aud is universally esteemed as an 
able aud fearless expounder of the law, a couscieutious aud skill- 
ful attorney, and one in whom the utmost couUdence can be 
placed. In all the jeare that he has been in public life in Utah, 
there is no man that can say aught against the character and in 
tegrity of Thomas Marshall. He has beeu employed in the most 
important cases that ever came belore the Territorial courts and 
the skillful aud successful manner evinced in handling the 
same, has wou for him the highest encomiums of praise. As 
a citizen he is very highly esteemed and regarded, and numbers 
his friends by the score. 

His partner Mr. Jonathan C. Royle is sixty-three years of age 
and has been in actual law practice for thirty-tive years, and 
during that period in his capacity of an attorney, he has ap- 
peared before the courts of Wisconsin, Colorado, California, etc. 
For twenty-one years, Mr. Koyle has been a promineut attor- 
ney in all the courts of Utah, aud in that time has acquired a 
reputation as a law counselor, that retiects credit upon his 
abilities aud talents, and renders him a couspicuousman among 
the legal fraternity of the West. He is libera! iu all his busi- 
ness transactions, an untiring worker in behalf of his client, 
and conscientious withal in regard to the methods by which he 
may bring all his cases to a successful issue. In all the walks 
of private life, he is an exemplary citizen, aud has a large fol- 
lowing of personal friends who are proud of his acquaintance. 

The tirm of Marshall & Ivoyle is exceptionally strong, aud 
those desiring the services of able counselors, can do no better 
than consult them. They are thoroughly reliable, and their 
advice aud judgment can be depended upon in all cases. 



party and defended its principles zealously and effectively, and 
we look forward to the time in the near future, when his 
voice and influence shall be heard aud felt in this commu- 
nity advocating and upholdiug the same true cause. 



HON. L. E. RHODES. 

Hon. L. R. ULodes, the subject of this sketch, is probably 
one of the most distinguished lawyers praoticiug before the 
bar of Utah. His career in the legal profession lias been a 
long aud highly successful one, not only in the responsible 
official positious he has occupied, but iu his record as a prac- 
ticing attorney. He was born in Lickiug county, Ohio, and is 
forty-three years of age. He commenced the study of law in 1868, 
in the officeof Heuipen Murphy, at Maringo, Iowa, studiously ap- 
plying himself to his work tor three years, when he was admitted 
to the bar. In the same year he removed to Colorado aud lo- 
cated at Fort Collin.'^, whexe he continued the practice of law 
tor eleveu years, building up an extensive business aud estab- 
lishing a well deserved reputation as an elKcient and highly 
capable lawyer. 

In the fall of "78 he was elected a member of the Colorado 
State senate. After serving in that capacity for four years, 
he in 1883 removed to Denver, where, two years subsequently, 
he was elected ilistrict attorney on the democratic ticket. As 
a noteworthy fact in this connection, and to show Mr. Rhodes' 
exceeding popularity in Colorado, it may be mentioned that 
that district usually went three thousand republican ma- 
jority. 

During his term of oilice he tried many important and 
arduous cases, and among other things distinguished himself 
by convicting and executing the only man ever hung iu the 
city of Denver. While engaged in private practice in Colo- 
rado he acted as attoruey for the Cattegrowers Association of 
Denver, and also for the Colorado Mortgage Investment Co., of 
London, limited, besides many other leading corporatious of 
that State. Mr. Rhodes remained in Denver until July, 1890, 
when he removed to Utah, and located tirst at Ogden. Hie 
superior legal talents aud attainments at once brought him 
into prominence. While practicing in that city, he was re- 
tained as attorney for the Ogden Street Railway Co., the Ogden 
waterworks Co., and Jarvis, Conklin Co., besides conducting 
an extensive general law business. In February, 1892, having 
been tendered several new and larger interests which necessi- 
tated his establishing headquarters at Salt Lake, he located 
in this city, and is now one of our most active and highly 
esteemed legal lights. 

Independent of his law business, Mr. Rhodes takes a deep 
interest in politics, aud being a staunch democrat and an 
elo<)uent and forcible public speaker, he has supported bis 



LEONARD G. HARDY. 

Of the many public officials of this Territory there are none 
who are more prominent than Leonard U. Hardy, a native of 
Salt Lake City, thirty-nine years of age. His boyhood was 
passed amid the jileasant scenes which surround the beautiful 
city of his birth ana education, ami where he is well known as 
an enterprising business man. In 1880 he engaged in mercan- 
tile business, as one of the firm of Hardy liros., which is now 
kuowu under the name of Hardy, Young A: Co., and whch now 
does an annual tradeof nearly SlOO,(,00 in value. In lt<87 he was 
elected to the office of Tax Collector of Salt Lake county, was 
re-elected in 18.'i9, and is still serving the public iu that capac- 
ity, performing his duties iu a mauuer satisfactory to a large 
aud exacting constituency. He is the son of Leonard W. 
Hardy, deceased, the first counselor to Bishop Edwin Hunter, 
the presiding bishop of the church of J. C. of Latter Day 
Saiuts, and in 1878 was united iu marriage to Miss Marian 
Voung, daughter of Brigham Youug, late president of the 
church J. C. of L. D. S. As a result of this union they now 
have six bright children. 

Mr. Harily is one of the most prominent business men of 
Salt Lake City, being interested iu several enterprises in addi- 
tion to the one already named. He has valuable real estate 
and mining properties in the city and Territory, and is also 
engaged iu the breeding of standard trotting horses, aud Jersey 
aud tialloway cattle. This latter business has been in opera- 
tion for about three years. His ranch, located in the west side 
of the county, in the Hunter precinct, is finely equipped and 
represents an investment of about $25,000. The stock has the 
best of care, and strict attention is paid to the breeding. He is 
also a stockholder iu the Utah Sugar Company, of Lehi, one of 
the largest corporations of its kind in the United States, having 
in cultivation 2,300 acres of sugar beets. It is needless to say 
that Mr. Hardy is interested in the advancement of this city 
aud territory; his inveslmeuts above noted speak his confi- 
dence in the future prospects of Salt Lake City and Utah. 



T. C. BAILEY. 

For over thirteen years the name of Mr. T. C. Bailey, 
whose office is at 74 K. Fiist South sireet, has been 
a familiar one to the people of Salt Lake and Utah as a 
land aud mining attorney. Mr. Bailey is fifty-five years of age 
and was born in Indiana, but has resided in Utah since 1874. 
He first became promiueut as a real estate lawjer in Minnesota 
about 1856, where he remaiLed until 1858, when he returned to 
his native state, settling at ^'incennes, where he was elected 
city engineer, a position he held until the brehking out of the 
civil war, and serving throughout the entire struggle as a mem- 
ber of the 14th Indiana Infantry, of which he was adjutant, 
later the deputy provost marshal of Teria Haute, and in 18(>4 
commissioner of enroUmeut for the 7th Indiana ilistrict. After 
the war he studied law under Hon. li. \V. Thompson, at Terra 
Haute, and was city engineer there for several years also. In 
18tJ9 he located at Helena, Montana, as chief clerk of the sur- 
veyor general's office, remaining there until 1874, when he re- 
moved to Salt Lake, where he has since resided in the practice 
of his profession. He has handled successfully a large num- 
ber of land aud mineral claim cases, served one year as dep- 
uty collector of internal revenue and in 1885 was appointed 
school trustee,— the second gentile incumbent of thatofficein 
Salt Lake. In his profession the gentleman has nos.perior, 
his long experience having fitted him to cope successfully with 
the most intricate points that may arise in any case before the 
U. S. land department. He enjoys a large income from his 
practice, is prominent in social circles and an active and influ- 
ential member of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. 



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WALTER MURPHY. 

That the West is the region of country where the yonng 
men "get to the front," is evidenced by the fact that so many of 
them occupy responsible positions, both in business and otKcial 
capacity. This is especially the case with young lawyers who 
have small chance of rising over the beads of older members of 
the fraternity in a country where in the nature of things 
the same old policy of years gone by is pursued. Among the 
prominent young men of the legal fraternity in Salt Lake, 
the subject of this sketch, Mr. Walter Murphy, occupies a 
leading position. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
in 1861, and in youth attended the academy at that place. He 
subsequently graduated from Yale College in 1882, and after- 



ward attended the law department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania, where he graduated in 1884, and the same year began 
the practice of the profession in his native city. 

Mr. Blurphy is the present able county attorney of Salt 
Lake county, having been elected on the liberal ticket in 1891. 
He has taken a leading part in all political matters of the Ter- 
ritory and has been an active supporter of the liberal party ever 
since he has been in Utah. Fraternally, he is a member of the 
P. O. S. of A., and is a married man. his family consisting of a 
wife, formerly Miss Emma B. Parves, and one child. Mr. 
Murphy has been a resident of Salt Lake since 1888, and is re- 
garded as one of the rising young attorneys of the city. Soci- 
ally, he is agentleman highly esteemed and regarded by all 
who know him. 








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OGDEN CITY. 



T^^^Ocityin the United States of equal population, com- 
I M mercial importance and material wealth is more 
I I generally known, perhaps, to the world at large than 
the city of Ogden. And though her history is not 
altogether disassociated from romantic incident, her growth 
and development have been carried forward from their incep- 
tion with an energy and determination worthy of the suc- 
cess to which the city has since attained, as also in the nature 
of a guaranty of her future stability. Competition has always 
prevailed among western cities; but spite of this Ogden, or 
"Junction City," by which name she has also been known, has 
ever maintained her precedence, escaping the net of discour- 
agement, defeat and disaster into which contemporaries had 
been ensnared: because, like the net of Penelope, it was never 
woven. Who can tell? 

The story of the conception, birth and growth of the "Queen 
City of the Mountains" is so intricately associated with the 
history of Utah that it is difficult to determine where the line 



of demarkation begins or ends. The progress of the city has 
been rapid, however, during intervening years, and fortune has 
come laughing through the strife with all her gorgeous cheer. 

The early settlement of the present city's site was contem- 
poraneous with that of Salt Lake City. The hardy pioneers 
who came hither for the purpose of creating anew world, so to 
speak, laid a most substantial foundation, upon which has 
since been erected a superstructure embodying the most per- 
fect proportions, and giving promise of one of the grandest and 
most prosperous of cities within the limits of a Territorv that, 
within the near future, will be invested with the rights and priv- 
ileges of statehood. 

The geographical location of this city has unquestionably 
contributed to the growth of Ogden, and with the efforts of a 
population that have been as unceasing as they have been 
effective, has formed a combination against which no powers 
could successfully prevail. The city, it is said, was early deter- 
mined upon as the general distributing point of the Territor)-, 



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and the most desirable point from which to establish direct 
communications with other portions of the country, contiguous 
and remote. And when in 1869, though at that date Ogden 
was but a sparsely settled community, railroads halted at Junc- 
tion City, the foresight of the settlers was vindicated and con- 
confirmed — a fact more publicly and eloc|uently acknowledged 
in the prosperity apparent and the advance she is making in 
the direction of wealth and importance. True, the year last 
past was characterized by sluggishness in business lines; but 
the same conditions obtained in older and more experienced 
sections, and notwithstanding the embargoes referred to, Ogden 
continued to progress, to avail herself of opportunities, and to 
otherwise grow in strength and importance. 



endless varieties. A few miles distant the Ogden ard Weber 
canons divide the mountains, through which the OgJen and 
Weber Rivers flow perpetually, whence, uniting below the city, 
they empty into the lake. Extensive preparations are being 
made to utilize the water power to be obtained from these riv- 
ers, and the next few years will doubtless witness the erection 
of mills and manufactories for the appropriation of a motive 
power so inexpensive and simple. 

Wonderfully improved farms, some of them, however, of 
limited acreage, are located in the immediate vicinity of the 
city. The soil is of unexcelled fertility, and the thrifty and 
industrious class of citizens who occupy them gather bounteous 
harvests. An'imperfect idea of the fertility of the soil in the 



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WASHINGTON AVENUE, LOOKING NOKTH. 



The Location of the City. The city is delightfully sit- 
uated. Bounded on the one side by the Wasatch Mountains, 
and on the other side by the Weber River, the parallelogram 
thus described almost crowded with the highest order of im- 
provements, including massive buildings, in which the din of 
honest toil is heard; with commercial centers, private resi- 
dences, the homes of wealth, intelligence and liberality; with 
gardens, resorts and other sources of prosperity and content, 
completing a picture of felicity and exquisite perfection, riv- 
aling the masterpieces of artists who touched but to beautify, 
while in the distance can be seen the waters of the great Salt 
Lake sparkling in the sunlight. Exceptional care has been 
exercised in the laying out of the city to afford unsurpassed 
drainage and sanitary facilities, and all modern ec[uipments and 
appliances, such as water works, gas works, electric light 
plants, electric street cars, etc., provided. The public build- 
ings are models of architectural superiority, while the private 
residences are designed to supply the comforts of a home 
indeed, as also to exemplify the most recent developments of 
of artistic excellence. The landscape surrounding the city is 
dotted with beautifully arranged and highly cultivated coun- 
try seats, many of them devoted to fruit growing in almost 



valleys about Ogden can be formed from the productions of a 
single acre: either six tons of hay or three crops of Alfalfa hay, 
sixty bushels No. 1 wheat, sixty-five bushels of oats, six hun- 
dred bushels of potatoes, five hundred bushels of tomatoes or 
one thousand bushels of apples. There are at present 22,4.'')0 
acres of land in Weber County under cultivation, 17,004 acres 
of which require irrigation (the water for which purpose com- 
ing from the Ogden and Weber Rivers), and 17,107 acres 
devoted to pasturage. 

From the lofty mountain heights to the east a matchless pan- 
orama of farms, gardens and gently rolling prairie is to be 
obtained. Below lies the city, quietly nestling amid the foliage 
of stately trees. To the west, the valley of the Weber and 
Ogden Rivers: in nearly every direction the mountains. The 
scene is grand beyond description, inspiring emotions of admi- 
ration and exciting feelings of reverence for nature and 
nature's God. 

Grand and impressive scenery is a feature of the city's sur- 
roundings. Ogden Canon is a glory and delight to residents 
and visitors, and Weber Canon, containing as beautiful and 
instructive combinations, affords more than abundant themes 
for speculation and admiring contemplation. It is through 



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ihe hitter mountain pass that the Union Pacific railroad enters 
the valley. 

Some of the most completely eciuipped bathinj; resorts to 
be foimd in the United States arc located upon the shores of 
the great Salt Lake, within easy distance of Ogden. Among 
the most popular of these is Lake Park, which is visited during 
the bathing season by residents from all parts of the world. 

Eight miles north of thecity are the celebrated Hot Springs, 
rising at the base of the Wasatch mountains. The waters 
have a temperature of 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit, and possess 



the winters genial, and the summers exempt from the exces- 
sive heat characteristic of this season further east and further 
west. 

As a business center there is little left to be desired, so hap- 
pily blended are the conditions promotive of success in the 
various walks of mercantile and productive industries. Com- 
plete facilities, an abundance of raw material, a comprehen- 
sive system of railroads, reliable and skilled labor, good wages, 
and other incidents essential to economic production make the 
city desirable for the location of manufacturing plants. The 




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OGDEN CITV HALL. 



remedial qualities of the highest order. Salt, iron, nitre, mag- 
nesia, and soda are present in strong solution. They flow 
upward of l.'jfi.lK)!! gallons every twenty-four hours, and each 
gallon contains about :^00 grains solid matter. The improve- 
ments located here consist of a bath house with capacity 
to accommodate from three to four hundred patrons. The 
main pool is 166x204 feet in dimensions; there is also a private 
pool commodious and convenient for ladies, and individual 
bathing apartments for subscribing patrons. A fine hotel is 
enclosed in the grounds proper, affording genteel and and con- 
venient accommodations to guests, and many distinct features 
of excellence, such as drives, etc., are present in all directions. 
Ci.i.MATK. The delicious climate for which Utah is noted 
is a part of the daily life at Ogden. Pulmonary diseases are 
unknown and those suffering from their presence are almost 
immediately relieved, and in a majority of instances perma- 
nently cured. Humidity in the atmosphere is never percepti- 
ble; the weather is equable, extremes being scarcely known; 



banking capital is commensurate with the needs of the service, 
and is managed with a degree of ability that enlists universal 
commendation. Public improvements are constantly being 
made. Trade never languishes. The press is aggressively 
enterprising, society progressive, the hotels and places of 
public resort numerous and desirable. Taxes are nominal, and 
the government of the city is well administered. Wholesome 
police regulations are enforced as the statistics of crime dem- 
onstrate. The learned professions stand high. The sciences 
of law and medicine may boast of talent and skill, while the 
clergy is represented by men of learning and eloquence. In 
short, very little seems to be necessary to the rapid attainment 
of a position of prominence and prosperity little short of per- 
fection. 

The City Government. The affairs of the city arc under 
the direction of a mayor and subordinate officers, supplemented 
by a common council composed of ten members, or two mem- 
bers from each of the five wards. The city also maintains a 



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police and fire depart- 
ment, supplied with all 
requisite equipments and 
appliances essential to a 
successful administration 
of the affairs committed 
to the respective custody 
of each. The matters of 
sewerage, water works 
the schools, public parks 
libraries, street railways 
and other adjuncts of i 
well-regulated munici 
pality, are in competent 
hands, and the several 
duties are so discharged 
as to merit public ap 
proval. During the past 
year a substantial ad 
vance has been made m 
every department withm 
the jurisdiction of the 
city overnment. Pave 
ments have been made 
streets and avenues laid 
out and prepared for ser 
vice; provision for the 
■support of the schools 1| 
has been perfected, 
many miles of electric || 
railway, costing nearly 
one million of dollars, 
have been put in opera- 
tion, and a vast number I 
of permanent improve-! 
ments of a miscellaneous ^- 




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character been inaugur- 
ated and completed. 

The City Schools. 
The residents and tax- 
payers of Ogden — those 
indeed who not only bear 
the heat and burden of 
the battle, but those also 
vho participate in and 
'cnefit by the victory, so 
speak, take especial 
pride in the schools and 
ducational facilities pro- 
vided for the youth. 
The system which obtains 
there is simple, reliable, 
tffective and most bene- 
icial; its management 
liberal, enterprising and 
productive of results ad- 
antageous to the pupils 
lud to the public. Until 
I ^S9, according to an 
uthor on the subject, the 
< liools were maintained 
rtly by subscription 
ind partly by taxation. 
In the last named year, 
owever, the free school 
\ stem was adopted, and 
i.is met with a very pro- 
iiDunced success. Their 
:,'iadation and equipment 
have since been perfec- 
ted, and they now occu- 
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and reputation. Schools, twenty-five in number, are located 
in the various wards, in addition to a high school, and com- 
petent teachers have been employed who devote their entire 
time and attention to the cause. The branches taught em- 
brace all degrees, from primary to classical and advanced, and 



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Designed ey W. W. Fife, Architect. 



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thoroughness in each inferior grade is made a condition 
precedent to advancement. The attendance for 1890 is stated 
to have been in the neighborhood of twenty-two hundred. 
That for the following year was measurably greater. In the 
latter year §100,000 worth of bonds were voted for and carried, 
with the proceeds of which larger and more conveniently 
appointed school houses will be erected, and the curriculum 
in each will be improved. 

The private schools available are not less important factors 
in the cause of education. They are of the highest order of 
merit, are admirably conducted and numerously patronized. 



priest and poet for nearly nineteen centuries, and each suc- 
ceeding year has witnessed its adoption and practice by 
increasing numbers. Almost every creed and sect is located in 
Ogden, including the Episcopalians, Roman Catholic, Presby- 
terian, Congregational, .Methodist, Baptist and Mormon, and 
all of these report steady additions to their respective rosters 
of membership. The houses of worship are commodious and 
convenient, and the improvements completed within a com- 
paratively brief period are notable, and embrace the Presby- 
terian church, erected at a cost of $:tt,000; the Baptist church, 
erected at a cost of SIO.OOO; Methodist Episcopal church, cost- 





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Among these are the Ogden Military Academy, opened Octo- 
ber 1, 1889, near Five Points. An able corps of teachers is 
employed, and the course of study is designed to fit students 
for college. The New West Academy, established in 1883, 
employes five or more teachers, while the range of studies is 
from primary to collegiate. Also the Sacred Heart Academy, 
Congregational Academy, Utah University, Weber Stake Aca- 
demy and a number of others, each of .superior merit. The 
enrollment is large and the average daily attendance corre- 
spondingly gratifying as to numbers. 

The schools in their entirely, both city and private, have 
earned for themselves a name for effectiveness, at home and 
abroad, which will be the pride of citizens to uphold when 
those who are now engaged in the work will have long passed 
from the stage of action. 

TiiK City CiifRCiiF.s. Like a heavenly vision the 
light of Christianity sheds its beneficent rays upon all orders 
and conditions of the human family. Time cannot mar its 
brilliancy, nor can its progress be limited or restrained. The 
Gospel of the Divine Nazarene who, far down in the vale of 
Gallilee, spake as never man spake, has been the theme of 



ing $50,000; Episcopal church, §10,000; Congregational church 
S7,000. The Roman Catholic society is now building a church 
edifice that, when completed ready for occupation, will repre- 
sent an outlay of between sixty and seventy-five thousand 
dollars. 

A statistical table recently published shows that there are 
seven religious denominationsdomiciled in Ogden, owning prop- 
erty estimated atS4f>-"),000 in value, and possessing a total mem- 
bership of 1890. The Mormon church owns property assessed 
at $36,000, and has a verj- large following. 

Tun City B.\nks. Ogden is supplied with very complete 
and admirably conducted banking facilities. The city now has 
eight banks with a total capital of more than one million dol. 
lars, and totals of surplus and undivided profits aggregating 
nearly one-half that amount. All of them are reliable in the 
highest degree and their clearings frequently reach five hun- 
dred thousand dollars per week. They are intimately associ- 
ated with the mercantile, productive and manufacturing interests 
of the city, and valuable and powerful allies in the building 
up and extending of every deserving enterprise. 



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Safety deposit vaults, provided with substantial and secure 
facilities for the storage of valuables, are also available. 

Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. The unsurpassed loca- 
tion of Ogden as a distributing point is nowhere more plainly 
demonstrated than in the magnitude of her wholesale and job- 
bing trade. Quoting from a late issue of the Joa7-nal of Com- 
merce: "The demand for supplies of various kinds from 
surrounding towns has 
been so healthy and |f 

grown so fast that 
these demands have 
been made on almost 
every leading mer- 
chant in the city for job 
lots. And in this way 
nearly every promi- 
nent dealer has been 
led into doing some 
wholesale business in 
connection with his 
retail transactions" 
The same authority 
announces that on 
January 1, 1891, there 
were eight houses in 
Ogden doing a jobbing 
trade at the rate of 
§7,181,049 the year. 
Of these, two sold at 
the rate of §7.50,000 
per year; six at the 
rate of §300,000 and 
over, and the balance 

at lesser rates. Later advices indicate that the city's jobbing 
trade is nearly §9,000,000, "-onducted by about one hundred 
houses, each of which has ou annual trade of $90,000, the area 
covered by the trade comprising Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, 
Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Montana and Idaho. 

The retail trade is flourish- 
ing, and each year witnesses a 
steady and permanent improve- 
ment in all its lines. 

The People's Life Associa- 
tion of LUah, organized during 
the present year, for the mutual 
benefit of members, is in active 
operation. 

The Chamber of Com- 
merce. The necessity of com- 
bined effort for the improve- 
ment of the city from an 
industrial standpoint, as also 
for the extension of its influence 
as a commercial metropolis, 
gave birth to the Chamber of 
Commerce of the city of Ogden. 
And although its organization 
is ofrecent date, the gentlemen 
who compose its membership, 

by their fidelity to the objects for which the association was 
created, have resolved it into a powerful factor. The city's 
present position is largely due to the unremitting and effective 
work of members, and many of the new commercial and indus- 
trial establishments which have located in Ogden, have been 
induced to make the venture through their influence. The 
officers and influential members of the organization are leading 
and influential citizens, men of wealth, influence and posi- 



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tion; the .class of men with whose aid and encouragement no 
great undertaking ever lapses. 

The Produce Exchange and Real Estate Exchange, the 
objects of both of which are explained in th'eir respective 
titles, are equally important in their several fields of endeavor, 
and form a combination advantageous to the city in all its 
diverse relations. 

.: The City Manu- 

f.^CTURers. The im- 
portance of Ogden as 
a manufacturing city 
is too potent to require 
elaboration. Indeed, 
those even indifferent- 
ly acquainted with the 
subject concede that 
the city is destined to 
become one of the 
greatest industrial 
centers in the West. 
All that seems neces- 
sary to be done to 
hasten the desirable 
consummation is to 
direct the attention 
of capitalists and 
artisans to the sup- 
erior locality and in- 
finite resources to be 
utilized in the behalf 
indicated. The local 
supply of raw material 
is unlimited, fuel is 
cheap, means of carriage convenient, and accessibility to the 
markets of the world unrivaled. The very large number of 
manufacturing plants now operated in the city limits are 
daily growing in magnitude and importance, and the number 
is annually increasing. The total cost of manufacturing a ton 

of iron, for example, is even 
$13.00, it costing just double 
that figure to lay it down in 
Ogden from Birmingham, Ala., 
to say nothing of the advantages 
accruing from the working of 
home mines. The vicinity of 
Ogden also furnishes abun- 
dant material for the manufac- 
ture of glass. Sand of the 
proper consistency for this 
purpose costs from seventy- 
five cents to one dollar per 
yard, and coal from one to 
three dollars per ton. In this 
connection it may be stated 
that negotiations are now- 
pending between the Ogden 
Chamber of Commerce and 
New York capitalists for the 
location of glass works in the former city. The Utah Can- 
ning Company furnishes conclusive proof in the premises. 
It was organized in 1890, with a capital of §.500,000; but the 
increase of trade has been so rapid and profitable that the 
company has been compelled to add very materially to its 
facilities, and within the ensuing two or three years, the 
three-acre ti'act on which improvements have been made will 
be entirely^devoted to buildings for the accommodation of the 



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business. Another .addition to the industrial plants lately 
located is the Hall & Brown Wood Working Machine Com- 
pany, of St. Louis. The Chamber of Conmierce was instru- 
mental in securing this valuable acquisition, and when in full 
operation the business will require the services of several hun- 
dred experienced and accomplished mechanics, beside a 
numerous followinjj of subordinates and clerks. 

An enumeration of the lines of productive industry that 
could be located at Ogden with profit to "all concerned" would 
be a difficult task. In addition to those already established 
the following may be designated: The manufacture of iron ore 
into pig iron, and that of pig iron into wrought iron and steel; 
foundries, blast furnaces, stoves, barb wire, car wheels, leather 
and morocco, boots and shoes, saddlery and harness; sash, doors 
and blinds; hats and caps, cloths and flannels, fruit boxes, canned 
meats, soaps, glycerine, candles, etc., etc., and the thousand and 
one commodities used in daily consumption. All these and more 
are urgently needed. To the question "What is the extent of 
the market?" the reply 
is made: Ogden com- 
mands a section of 
the country not sup- 
plied by San Fran- 
cisco and Portland on 
the \vest, or by Den- 
ver, Kansas City and 
Chicago at the east. 
The facilities, trans- 
portation, resources, 
etc., of Ogden being 
unlimited, the city 
offers every induce- 
ment to establish- 
ments of this charac- 
ter, and the openings 
awaiting preemption 
are as promising as 
they are desirable. 
The capitalist desir- 
ous of investment, 
the mechanic of em- 
ploying skill, or the 
laborer ambitious of 
securing good wages 
and cozy homes will 
be benefited by making an investigation. 

Railroads. As already stated, Ogden possesses direct 
communication with all parts of the United States, in this 
respect occupying a position at once commanding and unap- 
proachable. The city has seven distinct lines of railway con- 
tributing to her progress and wealth. Three of these are 
trunk lines and four branch roads. New York, Chicago and 
other eastern points are reached by the Union Pacific, also 
points in Oregon and Washington; Montana and Wyoming 
by the Utah & Northern; California by the Southern Pacific; 
Eastern Utah and Colorado by the Rio Grande Western and 
Denver & Rio Grande; Southern Utah by the Utah Central 
and its branches. The total mileage of railroads having their 
termini at Ogden approximates five thousand miles. 

PiBLlc BviLDiNOs. Ogden is already noted for the num- 
ber and value of its public buildings. These embrace the 
Grand Opera House, which cost ?150,000, exclusive of the 
grounds; the building of the Utah Loan & Trust Company, 
costing a similar amount; the Reed hotel building, represent- 
ing a total outlay of S'20(),000; the Utah and Woodmansee 
block, §75,0001; the Boyle block, 550,000; Wright block, S40,- 
000; Union depot over ^400,000, and a number of others. 



Within the two years last past more than three millions of 
dollars have been expended in buildings. Eighty-six business 
blocks and stores have been erected, at a cost of §656,895; 
eight hundred and twenty-three residences, at a cost of §1,113,- 
314; the railroad companies having expended §4:?6,'200; and 
churches and school houses §320,000. Comment would be 
superfluous. 

Private Ri;siden-cf..s. The citizens of Ogden have erected 
private residences which, in nearly every instance, are the 
homes of luxury, refinement, and attractive surroundings. The 
material employed is of the best quality, the structures are 
architecturally handsome, and many imposing and costly. The 
interior decoration, furnishings and conveniences are both 
elegant and adaptive, and the equal in all respects to those of 
a similar character in the more populous and pretentious cities 
of the east and west. 

Society has passed the transition period, and is composed 
of educated and refined men and women. Secret societies also 

flourish, being com- 
posed of Masonic, 
odd Fellows, Knights 
of Pythias, Ancient 
Order of L'nited 
Workmen, Sons of 
St. George, Forresters, 
P.O. S. of A., National 
Union, Brotherhood 
of Locomotive Engin- 
eers, Brotherhood of 
Firemen and Order 
of Railway Conduc- 
tors; thirteen lodges 
in all, holding regular 
-cssions in splendidly 
1 quipped and cen- 
trally located quar- 
ters. 

Real Estate. 
The increase in val- 
ue of real estate in 
Ogden, during the 
year 1891, was sub- 
stantial and perma- 
nent. The aggregate 
of sales during the 
same period amounted to about ten millions of dollars, show- 
ing a marked increase. This was not the result of any special 
"boom," though due in a measure to investments made by 
new-comers. A significant feature of transactions in realty is 
the limited number of mortgages on file, and the further fact 
there are very few, if any, foreclosures. Title to Weber 
County lands was originally derived from the United States; 
the city lands being patented by the Mayor of Ogden under 
the "Town-site Act," owners obtained title from the mayor, 
and in the quarter of a century during which such action 
has been had, no question has ever been raised, involving titles 
thus obtained, legally or equitably. 

The Press. The press of Ogden has ever fulfilled its 
special province as the formulator of public opinion and the 
conservator of public morality and private rights. The S/and- 
ard, a daily and weekly, republican in politics, is conceded to 
be one of the leading puclications in the Territor)'. It is con- 
ducted in a manner to edify and instruct, upon the most liberal 
plane, and according to methods deserving of emulative imi- 
tation. The news of the day is ably presented; the issues of 
parties equitably treated and devoid of personalities, while its 
inakc-up and appearance is so attractive as to make it a pat- 




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tern of typograpliical art. The S/andiird meets with substan- 
tial support from a large and discriminating constituency, and 
is growing steadily in circulation and influence. The U'l's/rrn 
K7tii;hf, the organ of the Knights of Pythias, and several other 
weeklies and monthlies, are also issued in the city, and furnish 
reliable intelligence on subjects to the discussion of which they 
are severally devoted. 

The Fut ;re. Until recently Ogdenhasnot been regarded 
as specially a mining city. But the opening of the La Plata 
mining district, and the almost daily discoveries of new and 



valuable ledges of ore, promise so much that the liveliest hopeg 
are entertained of Ogden becoming a mining center of very 
considerable importance in the near future. Thus is an addi- 
tional source of rapid growth and development is offered to a 
city the surroundings, resources, of which — present and ad- 
vanced — make certain a future wherein the arts, sciences, and 
material interests will be utilized successfully, and the pro- 
gress of the city and her people be as substantial and rich with 
blessings, as it hitherto has been wonderful. 




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MANUFACTURES IN UTAH. 



Utah is situated iu the ceuter of the States and Territories 
west of the Missouri river, aud has the advantage uf being 
within easy reach for manufactured goods of the markets of 
Nevada, Idaho, eastern Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado and Mon- 
tana. -New Mexico and Arizona. It is a certainty that 
mauufacturers iu Utah cau depend on a market for tlieir goods 
to a population of about two millions, aiul more than that 
amount in some manufactures. The population of newly set- 
tled countries has not had the time for more than the accumu- 
lation of labor to proviile themselves with homes and a few of 
the comforts of life, and the great wealth that is lying iu the 
undeveloped resources of Utah may be said to be untouched 
for the want of capital. It may be a work of time for Utah to 
accumulate enough of capital to partly manufacture for her 
people, leaving it open for capital to invest here at vast profits 
and ijuick returns. Iu Pittsburgh the manufacturer of iron 
is content with one to two dollars a ton proht, while iu Utah 
iron can be manufactured for §17 per ton, and the lowest price 
for the poorest pig iron now brought here is -S'-T per ton, leav- 
ing a clear profit of $10 per ton. In the manufacture of win- 
dow glass, good glass sand cau be hail at an expense 
of hauling, limestone the same, plenty of tire clay, aud soda 
from St) to § 10 per ton. Glass cau be manufactured here in 
Utah at the same price as in the Kast, with the advantage to 
the manufacturer that it can be sold for twenty-live per cent, 
more, or the expense of freighting it here. 

Utah produces double the products of the farm and range 
that she consumes, therefore the price of living is cheap, labor 
reasonable, and the present agricultural products of Utah 
would support double her present population. Manufacturing 
would benefit the farmer in that he would find a market for 
his crop, at home, instead of having to freight it 1000 miles to 
find sale for his surplus. 

There is a belt of coal running from the north of Utah to 
Castle Gate, in Emery county, and northern Utah has plenty 
of cheap fuel for manufacturing, besides natural gas that has 
been fouud on the borders of the Salt Lake. 

Utah being mountainous, all her rivers aud creeks have a 
fall of from 2,()UI) to 6,000 feet, and water power can be obtained 
in the distance of a mile on those rivers at a fall of 100 to 500 
feet, generating a power on same of 100 horse, and on the 
largest of from 4,000 to 8,00j horse power. 

Utah produces gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, coal, clays of 
numerous kinds, wool, hides, etc., and all the products of farm- 
range aud dairy natural to same latitude; has a delightful cli- 
mate, and there is not over one month in the year that outdoor 
work has to be discontinued. 

Mauufacturers cau see the advantages of Utah, where with 
the raw material cheaper than in the Eastern States, labor at 
about the same price and a market of 2,000,000 people that at 
present pay a tariff of from <me to three thousand miles freight 
on their goods, because all our manufactured goods, with very 
little exception, has to be shipped here. We ship in immense 
quantities of stoves, cast and bar iron, while we have the ore 
and coal to manufacture cheaper ourselves. We ship out our 
gold, silver, lead and copper ore for the want of proper smelting 
and redaction work. We ship the bulk of our hides and wool 
East, and import our boots, shoes and woolen goods because 
we have not enough of tanneries or woolen mills, and more 
coald be enumerated; in fact, we imported glazed pipe tor 
draining our largest cities, when we had the material close by 
to have made far better pipe. The fairest field in the world 
for mauufacturers is Utah. D. D. .Jokes. 



COREY BROS. & CO. 

Xext to the government, railroads are the largest institution 
in the world. Performing as they do a vital function in the 
affairs of men, the greatest importance attaches to their proper 
and substantial construction to insure safety and speed in the 
transportation of passengers or freight. These desiderata are 
intrasted to the skill and fidelity of the contractor to secure. 
He must be a man of superior ability and unerring judgment, 
as also perfectly familiar with the details of the work, possess- 
ing a long and varied experience, and able to undertake aud 
manage any department of the business. Enjoying a reputation 
based upon the intimate familiarity of members of the firm 
with every branch of this intricate art, Corey Bros. & Co., of 



2432 Washinigton avenue, are well known as among the most 
influential and extensive railway contracting companies west 
of the Missouri river. There is scarcely a road traversing the 
western country that has not entrusted the construction of 
some portion of its line to this company. Since the business 
was established iu ISSl, the firm has built section after section 
of road-bed and track on the lines of the Oregon short-line, 
Northern Pacitic, Canadian Pacific, Union I'acific in Washing- 
ton and Idaho, also on the Idaho briiiich of the Union Pacific, 
the Chicago & Northwestern, aud Burlington A- Missouri in 
Wyoming, on the Colorado Midland, Uio Grande .lunction and 
Kio Grande Western, aggregating hundreds of miles that have 
stood the test of the most exacting serWce. The firm is now 
employed in the construcliou of forty miles of the Bear river 
canal, iu the prosecution of which work a force of two thousand 
men is employed — indeed, uearly that number of men have been 
constantly in the lirm's employ for the past ten years. The 
business tor that time aggregates over $10,000,000. 

The firm was originally made up of W. W., C". ,1. and A. B. 
Corey, three brothers of an extended experience in the business, 
but in lfS87 Messrs. E. O. and W. II. Wattis were admitted as 
members, siuce when, operations have been conducted under 
the firm name of Corey IJros. & Co. 

Through years o^devotion to their work, each of these gen- 
tlemen has become practical and jiroficient in the business. 
Their uutiring energy and indomitable perseverance, supple- 
mented by a natural ability of a high order for directing and 
engineering work on a large scale, have especially fitted them 
for the services to which they devote their energies, and gained 
for them the confidence, esteem and good opinion of railway 
projectors throughout the country. 

They are now making preparation to prosecute their work on 
an even greater scale; are provided with an outfit, one of the 
largest and most complete of any firm in the country similarly 
engaged, aud are prepared to execute contracts expeditiously 
and upou terms proportioned to the value of the services 
rendered. 



THE HENDERSHOT ABSTRACT OFFICE. 

There is no feature entering into real estate transactions of 
more vital importance to all parties concerned, than a perfect 
title. Property holders cannot sell their property without a 
perfect abstract showing its history from the time it wi.s first 
obtaiued from the government, and prospective purchasers 
will not buy unless such authentic record is furnished. It is 
of equal importance to the intermediate agent who seeks to 
effect the transfer. If the contracting parties cannot come to 
terms his interest iu the deal is lost, and in every instance the 
services of the abstractor must be obtained to examine and 
pass upon the title. 

The Hendershot Abstract Company, located at 2414 Wash- 
ington avenue, is no doubt the leading abstract concern in 
Weber county. Their books are complete and accurate, and 
contain a full record of every piece of property in the county up 
to date. Each of the members of the firm, 1\ .1. Hendershot, 
C. A. Hendershot and J. C Hendershot, are men who have 
devoted themselves for years to the business of searching rec- 
ords, examining titles, issuing deeds of conveyance, etc. Every 
new addition to the city is immediately entered upon the books 
of the company, aud applications for abstracts are attended to 
promptly. 

The company was organized in March, 1890, and is already 
doing a remarkably large business, which shows the com- 
petency aud reliability of the members, as well as the satisfac- 
tory and meritorious work they are doing. 

The Hendershot Abstract Company are the only firm whose 
abstract shows a plat of every piece of land transferred. The 
intricate courses found in the surveys of Ogden, and of Weber 
county, make these plats an absolute necessity to the party 
who has once obtained an abstract upon this plan. 



[OGDEN ABSTRACT COMPANY. 

When investors are seeking for investments in real estate in 
any city or town, and eventually purchase, the next important 
move to make is to secure a reliable firm to examine the title, 
and to make a deed of conveyance of the same, so that they 
may feel well assured that when it is done it will be well and 
thoroughly done. One of the most reliable tiims engaged in 
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in 1888, and is now doing one of the largest lines of business of 
any company in the county, in searching records and furnish- 
ing abstracts of title to laud, as a steady application to the 
wants of patroDB, thorough acquaintance with the city and 
county, and a complete line of abstracts, enable them to ac- 
commodate all applicants with promptness. It is safe to say 
that hundreds of people in vestiog in Ogden realty are not per- 
sonally acquainted with any of its conveyancers. To such it 
can be said "you will make no mistake in committing your busi- 
ness to the Ogden i\.b- 
stract Company," which 
is thoroughly responsible 
for all its acts, officially or 
otherwise. The company 
owns as complete a set of 
abstract books as are to 
be found in the county, 
kept fully written up and 
compared, containing a 
chain of title to all tracts 
of land in Weber county, 
including all the latest 
divisions and subdivi- 
sions. The company keeps 
in its employ a full corps 
of expert abstract men, 
working continuously, 
making abstracts, writing 
up deeds, mortgages, 
bonds, etc., to be recorded 
with the register of deeds. 
The company is com- 
posed of the following- 
named gentlemen: C. C' 
Kicbards, president; R. 
Robinson, vice-president; 
W. R. Swan, secretary; 
Daniel Hamer, treasurer, 
and manager. They have 
large and commodious 
office rooms in the First 
National bank building, 
corner of Twenty-fourth 
street and Washington 
avenue, and any one de- 
siring to have any busi- 
ness transacted in their 
line will do well Ijy calling 
on them, with the full 
assurance that they will 
receive courteous and 
kind attention, and their 
work be honestly and 
faithfully done. 



Photo. Ijy Newcomb Bros. 
E. A. REED. 



E. A. 



The city of Ogden has furnished her full share of enterpris- 
ing men. Among them is Mr. B. A. Reed, founder of the Reed 
hotel. He is thirty-five years of age, was born in Lisle, Broom 
county, N. Y., graduated at Lisle Academy, and, at the early 
age of seventeen, engaged as clerk in one of the leading estab- 
lishments of that city. He followed this occupation for two 
years and then engaged in the book and stationery business 
for himself. At the age of twenty-one he accepted a position as 
traveling salesman for a prominent manufacturing concern of 
Syracuse, New York, in which capacity he continued for over 
a year, when he resigned the position and started for the 
Black Hills, Dak. There be followed ranching for a year and 
then removed to Leadville, Colorado, and re-engaged in the 
book business. Not content with ordinary success, however, 
he again shifted his occupation, and for two years traveled 
through Oregon and California buying sheep. There being no 
railroad facilities in Oregon at that time, many drawbacks and 
difficulties were encountered, but he succeeded in returning 
with some fifteen thousand head, disposing of a portion of the 
herd in the northern part of Wyoming and bringing the balance 



on to Cheyenne. While in the latter city, he started the Chey- 
enne Daily Leader, now one of the prominent journals of Wy- 
oming, but sold out and invested in the furniture and carpet 
business, there being a splendid opening for such an enterprise. 
Mr. Reed continued in that business for five years, establishing 
a large and extensive trade throughout the Territory, and mak- 
ing out of the venture quite a sum of money. His judgment 
and business ability are superior, and whenever a fair promise 
of building up a successful and profitable mercantile enterprise 

presented itself, he 
never hesitated in 
changing his avoca- 
tion and entering new 
fields of labor. To this 
fearless and courage- 
ous spirit may be at- 
tributed much of his 
success in life, and 
while most men can 
only achieve desirable 
ends through close ap- 
plication to some par- 
ticular branch of in- 
dustry, the versatile 
nature and varied abil- 
ities of others enables 
them to embark in any 
legitimate enterprise 
and feel assured of 
abundant success. 

From Cheyenne Mr. 
Reed came direct to 
Ogden, where all his 
interests and efforts 
have since been cen- 
tered. The enterpris- 
ing spirit and thor- 
ough-going business 
qualities he has exhib- 
ited, and the implicit 
confidence he places in 
the future of the city 
and Territory is clearly 
indicated in the costly 
buildings he has erec- 
ted, which are monu- 
ments of the city's 
growth and prosperity. 
Mr. Reed is the builder 
and owner of the Reed 
hotel, one of the finest 
and most magnificent 
structures of the kind 
in the West. He also 
erected the Vendome 
hotel building, and 
owns a large amount of 
KEED. valuable property in 

different parts of the city. In addition to this he owns 280 acres 
of land along the Union Pacific track near the city, also half 
interest in 610 acres on the bench directly north of Ogden. 
All this land is of great value, and as the city grows, will be 
utilized for residence purposes. Since first commencing to 
handle realty in this city, Mr. Reed has transferred over 
.S1,000,000 worth of property. 

It is through the instrumentality and meritorious work of 
such men as Mr. Reed that Ogden is what she is today, a met- 
ropolitan center of the intermountain region, and it would be, 
beyond question due to these same men of wealth, thrift and 
enterprise, that the city forges ahead still farther in the future, 
outstripping all competitors in the race for supremacy. 




JUNCTION CITY CORNICE WORKS. 

Among the industries devoted to the work of beautifying 
buildings, none have made more rapid advances or introduced 
a greater variety of new novel ideas, than those devoted to the 
mnnufacture of cornices, etc. In the Junction City Cornice 
Works, located opposite the city hall, Ogden, is specially pro- 




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vided with an institution of this character, as complete in all its 
liepartmentB and capable of turniuK out as fine and merito- 
rious work as any concern of the kind in the West. Tlie enter- 
prise was first established seven years a^o by II. J. Newman, 
who has since been succeeded by B. P. Newman, Wm. E. New- 
man and M. L. Newman all young men skilled aiid experienced 
iu the special lines of business to which they are devoted. 
The premises occupied consist of a buildinc 20xl(t0 feel in 
dimensions, provided with every arrangement and convenience 
for the promptexecutionof orders, for ornamental work, tin roof- 
ing, and eaves-spouting, all of which are made specialties. 
Tin, copper and sheet iron work of every description is also 



REED HOTEL. 

The magnificent caravansaries to be found in all large 
American centers of poptilation are subjects of universal com- 
ment and admiration. The territory west of the Missouri river 
especially, with its superb scenery, salubriousclimate, exhaust- 
Jess resources and unexcelled railway equipment, furnishes the 
greatest field in the world for all classes of tourists requiring 
unsurpassed accommodations. It matters not whether in 
search of nature's wonders, or the light and balmy air with its 
signal healing properties, both are present to a matchless de- 
gree, and the splendid hotels everywhere open, are regarded 




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EEEt) HOTEL. 



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manufactured upon order, promptly and accurately. A force 
of twelve competent and experienced assistants is employed, 
and a trade representing 83.">,0('0 annually, and extending 
throughout, Utah, Idaho and parts of other adjoining States 
and Territories is supplied ; the natural reward of enterprise, per- 
fect familiarity with the details of the business, originality and 
elegance of design, and a faithful and conscientious perform- 
ance cf all work entrusted to the skill and judgment of the 
Messrs. Newman. They are courteous and iutelligent gentle- 
men always prepared to make estimates and impart any infor- 
mation in reference to the business, which, under the popular 
and able management of B. P. Newman, is extending in all 
directions. 



not only as "palaces of pleasure," but as material monumente 
to the enterprise and thrift characteristic of western citizens. 
The Reed Hotel of Ogden. Utah, so admirably illustrates the 
point in question, that one cannot refrain from giving the puli- 
lic a brief sketch of the "grandest hotel" of the intermountain 
region. 

The new'arrival, leaving the depot, passes up Twenty-fifth 
street but a block or two toward the central portion of the city, 
before the largest and most substantial buildings open to view. 
Among these the Reed Hotel stands out conspicuously. The 
building is a six-story stone and brick structure, strikingly 
handsome in architectural design and external finish. It is 
located at the comer of Washington avenue and Twenty-fifth 



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Btreet, in the heart of the city, and in the immediate vicinity of 
all the principal bueineES houBee, places of amiiEement, etc. 

A favorable impreBsion is at once formed upon entering the 
rotunda, opening from Twenty-tifth street. The ofBce first 
attracts the admiring gaze. It is a model of its kind, being 
spacious, nicely arranged, and provided with all conveniences 
usually found in first-class hotels. The finishings of the ro- 
tunda and writing and reading rooms, together with the furni- 
ture of each, are in oak. The grand stairway is broad and 
richly carpeted, the bannister, wainscoating, etc., also being in 
oak. 

After viewing the rotunda, the newly arrived guest takes a 
modern improved passenger elevator and quickly ascends to 
the fifth story. Stepping from the elevator he passes across a 
commodious, richly furnished reception room and enters a din- 
ing room, that, in its particular style and arrangement, is most 
delightful to the eye. Large, double plate-glass windows ad- 
mit an abundance of light, at the same time open to view the 
grandest panorama of 
nature one could wish 
to see. Guests seated 
at any of the tables 
during the service of 
meals, contemplate with 
wonder and admiration, 
a landscape made up of 
the great green valley, 
dotted here and there 
with beautiful, well- 
fenced farms, until it 
breaks upon the irreg- 
ular shores of the Great 
Salt Lake on the south, 
or is brought to an 
abrupt termination by 
the Wasatch range on 
the north. These win- 
dows are 14x18 feet in 
dimensions and so ad- 
justed that they can be 
easily adapted to pur- 
poses of ventilation. 
The room is 40x80 feet 
in dimensions, and the 
floor is covered with a 
moquette carpet of ex- 
quisite design. The 
finishings, tables, chairs 
and richly carved side- 
boards are all in oak. 

The ladies' ordinary is 
a small room 26x40 feet, 
separated from the main 
dining hall by silk 
draperies. 

The kitchen extends 
along the south side of 
this floor, and is 
equipped with every 
modern device and cook- 
ing apparatus calcu- 
lated to perform the 
work expeditiously and 
in the most delicious 
and inviting style. 

Passing through the 
reception room, which 
is carpeted and fur- 
nished in the same elegant manner, and descending to the 
floor below, one comes to the spacious, light, airy and splen- 
didly furnished sleeping apartments, all of uniform excellence. 
The second, third and fourth fioors and a portion of the fifth 
are also devoted to sleeping rooms that are, without exception, 
furnished and finished in the most elaborate fashion. The 
carpets are of velvet and body brussels. The furniture is in 
oak and cherry, sixteenth century and old English patterns. All 
the rooms have a commanding view of the city and surround- 
ing country, are arranged single or cii avitc, and furnished 
with every convenience, such as bath and toilet rocms, ward- 
robes, etc., connected. 

The corridors on each floor are bread, high and light, and 
carpeted and finished in harmony with the rest of the building. 
They pass around a court which, rising directly above the 
rotunda, extends to the top of the building, over which a sky- 




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W. A. McMILLEN. 



light is built to afford light and ventilation. Each of these 
corridors commands a full view of the rotunda and each suc- 
cessive floor. Many of the rooms are provided with open fire- 
places laid with terra cotta trimmings and decorations, adding 
beauty and cheerfulness to their interiors. 

The parlors on the second floor are large and magnificently 
fuinished with heavy mahogany and oak furniture, richly 
carved, and upholstered with the finest silk tapestry. The car- 
pets are of the most expensive Wilton's and the drapery and 
curtains the best that can be obtained. 

Each room is provided with steam heat, gas and incandes- 
cent electric lights, tlectrio call bells, etc., while the service is 
first-class in every particular, none but the most skilled and 
experienced help being employed in any of the departments. 

Altogether the house is a veritable palace of luxury and 
convenience, constructed on a plan of superior conception, and 
provided with every appliance and modern arrangement con- 
tributory to the comfort of guests. It is, in fact, the culmina- 
tion of refinement, ease 
and wholesome luxury, 
unsurpassed in any of 
its appointments by the 
leading hotels of the 
country. It should be 
added that the sixth 
floor is devoted to sam- 
ple rooms for commer- 
cial travelers, and con- 
tains nine commodious 
apartments fitted up 
expressly for the con- 
venient and proper dis- 
play of commodities in 
every line. 

The bar and billiard 
room open off from the 
office, but are separate. 
They are very attrac- 
tively furnished and 
equipped. The former 
is one of the largest and 
most elegant in the 
Territory, and the bar 
is stocked with the fin- 
est imported and do- 
mestic wines and liquors. 
The billiard hall is pro- 
vided with the very 
latest tables of the 
Brunswick, Balke, Col- 
lander Company pat- 
tern, and is a model in 
its appointments. 

The Keed Hotel is 
conducted by the Mc- 
Millen & Deming Hotel 
Company, composed of 
men of experience and 
a practical knowledge 
of the hotel business. 

Mr. W. A. McMillen, 
the principal projector, 
has for years directed 
the management of high 
class hotels, and is 
thoroughly conversant 
with all the phases of 
hotel life. His effi- 
cient work has contributed very' materially to the important 
position hotels occupy to-day, and the standard of excellence 
demanded in their mansgerttnt. A great hotel like the Iteed 
must needs be under the immediate supervision of an indefat- 
igable—thoroughly acccmplifhed gentleman, and the public is 
to be congratulated upon the happy circumstance that placed 
Mr. McMillen at the head of the Reed. 

Mr. Beming is also a practical hotel man and during his 
twenty odd years of experience has acquired a thorough con- 
ception of the business that enables him to direct the duties 
and offices of every department with unruffled precision. 

The hotel was opened on July 4th, 1891, and has beeri doing 
a choice and profitable business ever since. It enteitains the 
best class of people, and both travelers and tourists are loud in 
their praise of its unexcelled equipment and service. 

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is required, and tifty-foiir polite and experienced assistants are 
employed. The Reed Hotel of O^den, Utah, with its perfect 
equipment and masrnidceut surrouudintis is meeting' with the 
success that was not only predicted, but was prepared for by 
the gentlemen to whom the oity.the territory and the ubiquitous 
and fastidious traveler or tourist, are indebted for its presence, 
its capacity for superb entertainment, and the delightful and 
liberal features which cUaraeterize its management. 

FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK. 

Among the responsible financial institutions of Utah to 
which business men can always look with confidence, is the 
Farmers & Merchants Hank of Ogden, located at 2438 Wash- 
ington avenue. The bank was organized in September, 1891, 
with Charles Woodmansee, president, and J. M. Langsdorf, 
cashier, both men of 
high financial qualirtca- 
tions. It has a paid up 
capital stock of $ir)0.(100, 
transacts a general 
banking business, and 
its career, though brief, 
has been made a suc- 
cess creditable to the 
executive ability ami 
conservative judgment 
of its management. Its 
policy is liberal and en- 
couraging; it affords 
substantial and valuable 
support to all classes of 
commercial and indus- 
trial enterprises, and the 
olficers and directors in- 
clude some of the most 
prudent, honorable and 
successful gentlemen in 
the business commu- 
nity. It receives de- 
posits, discounts first- 
class commercial paper, 
deals in e.xchange, etc., 
making a specialty of 
collections by means of 
its correspondents in 
all sections of the Unit- 
ed States, among whom 
are the leading institu- 
tions of New York, 
Philadelphia, Chicago, 
Omaha, Denver, Salt 
Lake (!ity, Corinne, San 
Francisco, Portland and 
elsewhere. 

The banking rooms 
are spacious, elegantly 
equipped, and possess 
every convenience for 
the prompt despatch t f 
business, and its aff.iirs 
are in a tlourishing con- 
dition with steadily in- 
creasing deposits, giving 
evidence of the confi- 
dence of the '"public 




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A. N. DE.M1NG: 



and of the growth of the city and surrounding country. 

Mr. Woodmansee, the president, is one of the largest land 
owners in the county, and identified with several of the most 
important business enterprises of the city. He is a man thor- 
oughly acquainted with the citizens of Ogden, both in business 
and social relations, and enjoys the confidence and good will of 
the public. 

Mr. Langsdorf. the cashier, is a man of surpassing fitness for 
the responsible position he holds, being not only an expert 
accountant and financfer, but understanding all the details of the 
banking business. The directory is composed of men equally 
reliable and well-known, and the future of this monetary insti- 
tution is unclouded. 



PLYMOUTH ROCK: BUILDING, LOAN AND SAV- 
INGS ASSOCIATION. 

The modern loan and savings associations are presumably 
doing more for people of m iderate means than any other insti- 
tution in the country. Such associations are alike beneficial 
to the rich and to the poor. The principle of assigning a mul- 
titude of petty savings to the care and keeping of one general 
body, thoroughly organized and perfectly responsible, is a ver- 
itable " boom " to the wage earner. 

The Plymouth Rock Building, Loan and Savings Associa- 
tion of Ogden. is an ideal organization of this character, not 
only because its plan of operation is perfect, but because its 
■ affairs are in the hands of competent, upright men, who repre- 
sent the responsible element of the community. It was incor- 
porated July 13, 1871, with a capital stock of $3,000,000, and 

is to-day placing many 
of the poorer people of 
Ogden into well to-do 
positions where they 
can enjoy the fruits of 
their labor, through its 
effective and judicious 
manipulation. The 
methods of the associa- 
tion are safe and liberal. 
Hard-working men who 
are required to be at 
their place of business 
from early morn till late 
at night, do not find 
time to look about for 
the safe and profitable 
investment of their 
earnings, and even if 
they had the time, the 
impossibility of doing 
so to advantage, indi- 
vidually, would make it 
impracticable. It is 
equally as desirable for 
merchants, clerks, book- 
keepers, etc., to be iden- 
tified with this associa- 
tion, as they are thereby 
enabled to obtain the 
highest rate of interest 
without sacrificing any 
of the privileges of di- 
rect investment. Stock 
is non-forfeit able. 
Members can sever their 
connection with the in- 
stitution at will, subject 
to by-laws, and take 
principal and interest, 
with the exception of 
one and one-half per 
cent, of the interest. 
No tine is imposed when 
a stockholder occasion- 
ally finds a month in 
which he cannot pay 
his dues. He simply 
extends the time bis 
stock matures, and three 
stock are carried for the accommodation of all 



series of 
members. 

The oflBcers and directors are numbered among the most 
reliable business men of Ogder, whose names alone are ample 
guarantee of the character and responsibility of the institution. 

The executive officers are : H. W. Ring, president and man- 
ager; J. M. Armstrong, M. D., vice-president; R. P. Hunter, 
secretary, and Wm. F. .\dams, treasurer. 

The main business of this association is carried on in Utah, 
and though it has been before the public but a short time, the 
vigorous manner in which the managers are pushing matters, 
and the implicit confidence of the public in the fidelity and in- 
tegrity of the officers and directors, together with the superior 
plan employed by the association in the transaction of its bus- 
iness have already caused many of the people in Ogden and 
the surrounding country to become active members. It is im- 
possible to give in this brief space any adequate discussion of 
the details, but a clear and concise explanation of the same 



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will be olieerfully fiiraished upon applicatiou to the officials, 
whose headquarters are located in the Citizens' Bank building, 
Ogden. 

Its affairs are conducted according to the latest and most ap- 
proved business vuethods— methods that have been tested to 
the fullest extent and found not only thoroughly reliable, but 
devoted to the best interests of each member. Through the 
association houses are built for those without them, lives are 
insured, and business men are protected and supported in times 
of adversity and depression 



" Margurette," etc. ^ He also carries'a full line ofjstationery and 
all the leading and latest periodicals. 

r-Mr. Huffman is a native of Iowa, from which State he moved 
o Butte, Montana, in 1880. In 1889 he settled in Ogden, when 
I le established himself in his present business, a business, too, 
( hat is daily increasing, largely due to the courteous and kind 
treatment extended patrons, as also to the superior quality of 
the goods kept in stock. 



J. W. MoNlTTT & CO. 

No line ot business wherein the dealer must possess a great 
amount and variety ot information, coupled withja fine discrim- 
nating'taste, is that 'of pharmaceutist or druggist. Gentlemen 
possessing these qualitie.s 
in a marked degree are 
members of the firm of 
J. W. McNutt & Co., pro- 
prietors of the pharmacy, 
corner of Twenty-fifth 
street and Grant avenue. 
Mr. McNutt is one of the 
oldest, most experienced 
and most capable drug- 
gists in the city, having 
been for the past twelve 
years thus occupied in 
Ogden, during which he 
has built up a business of 
S25,000 per annum. 
Along in 1888, Mr. M. 
Allen was admitted into 
the partnership and the 
firm name became as 
above designated. They 
occupy a two-story brick 
structure, 25 x B.'i feet in 
dimensions, handsomely 
fitted up and provided 
with all conveniences and 
appointments for the 
transaction of business or 
the accommodation nf 
patrons. The stock car- 
ried is very large, and em- 
braces the finest and 
freshest lines of drugs, 
chemicals, toilet articles 
perfumeries, etc., also an 
excellent line of drug- 
gists' sundries, in fact, 
anything kept in a first- 
class establishment of the 
kind. They employ five 
assistants. 

The firm is well known 
as among the most con- 
spicuous chemists in the 
city, fully prepared to fill 
orders promptly and in 
the putting up of pre- 
scriptions, compounding 
of medicines, etc., to 



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exercise extraordinary care and diligence. 

Mr. McNutt has served the city in the capacity of recorder, 
and has been otherwise made the recipient of public confidence. 



C. B. HUrFMAN. 

The cigar and tobacco trade of Ogden, which forms an 
important feature ot its commercial standing, is principally in 
the hands of business men who are thoroughly acquainted with 
their line, and whose constant aim is to produce and import a 
fine grade of goods and maintain the reputation of their 
brands. Among the establishments contributing to this 
important result is the firm of C. B. Huffman, located at No. 
349 Twenty-fourth street. He carries a large line ot imported 
and domestic cigars, chewing and smoking tobacco and a full 
line of smokers' articles. Among the brands of cigars carried 
in atook by this firm can be found the noted " Vindex " and 



BROOM HOTEL. 

- Against the majority of cities that have witnessed a'rapid 
upbuilding no complaint can be made regarding the adequacy 
of hotel facilities. Especially is it true ot western cities, as 

some ot the greatest ho- 
tels in the world are 
found in the western 
part ot the United States. 
Ogden, Utah, is a repre- 
sentative city in this re- 
spect, being admirably 
supplied with public hos- 
telries of a high grade, 
both in equinage and 
management. The Broom 
Hotel, located at the cor- 
ner of Washington avenue 
and Twenty-fifth street, 
is an illustration. It was 
built by Mr. .John Broom 
in 1882, and opened under 
tie management ot Mr. 
Shakespeare, an expe- 
rienced hotel man. Since 
that time it has figured as 
the leading hotel of the 
city, especially so under 
the management ot the 
present proprietors. Mr. 
A. J. Heath and William 
Best, who took possession 
Ser.tember8d, 1891. 

The house contains 
sixty-two large, nicely 
furnished, and well ven- 
tilated sleeping rooms, 
with a capacity sufficient 
to accommodate one hun- 
dred guests. The dining 
room is elegant and spa- 
cious, capable of seating 
eighty people. The 
Iiarlors are furnished 
with the finest brnssels 
carpets, and rich hard- 
wood furniture heavily 
upholstered. A steam 
heating system apparatus 
conducts heat to all parts 
ot the building, and 
every room is lighted 
byelectricitv. Thebiilld- 
M^NUTT. i^^ itggif 'ig a three- 

story brick structure 99x160 feet, thickly studded with hand- 
somely shaped bay windows, that make all outside rooms on 
both streets especially desirable. The surroundings of the 
hotel are all that could be wished for, and a beautiful view is 
obtained from all parts of the house. The important acquisi- 
tions to a first-class hotel, such as bath rooms, billiard rooms, 
bar, etc., are in the building, and every department is main- 
tained on the highest scale. The Broom Hotel is now doing 
a thriving business, and will continue to do so as long as the 
present managers are in possession. 

Both, Messrs. Heath and Best are intelligent, wide-awake 
gentlemen — by nature adapted to the hotel business. Though 
they have been but a short time in charge, their effective work 
in supplying needed additions and making necessary changes, 
has already been felt in an increasing patronage. A brilliant 
future is predicted for this hotel. 




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S. T. WHITAKER. 



The arcbitectural imiustry, without doubt, has a more im- 
portant bearing upon the beauty and attractiveness of a city 
than any other branch of industry oaloulated to attain that end. 
The handsome appearance and substantiaHty of modern con- 
structed buiUliugs, gives material evidence of the marked prog- 
ress made in recent years in this highly practical art. The 
achievements of architecture is the pride of all metropolitan 
cities, and the hitrh degree of proticienoy attained by those en- 
gaged in the business, points with unerring certainty to much 
greater advancement in the future. 



grounds, and other local structures. He has been particularly 
successful in modeling and drawing plans for special work, and 
the superior merit of his professional labors has acquired for its 
author a wide-spread and enviable reputation. 

Mr. Whitaker is but thirty-one years of age. He was born in 
Salt Lake City, where he was also educated, after which he made 
an extended trip to Europe, acquiring hia architectural educa- 
tion abroad, but upon returning to America located in Ogden 
and began the practice of his profession. He is now a member 
of the well-known tirm of Paulsen, Lavalle & Whitaker, located 




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One of the most capable, efKcient and enthusiastic devotees 
to the science of architecture in the city of Ogden is S. T, 
Whitaker whose spacioiis rooms are located in the Opera House 
building. He has been engaged in the profession in Ogden since 
1890, and has designed and prepared plans for some of the 
most substantial buildings in the city and vicinity. .\moDg 
these are the Grand Opera House of Ogden, the State Academy, 
a large school building at Hunteville, another at llarrisville, 
the city school editice under course of coDStruction on the city 



in Hutte City and Helena, Montana, in Boston, Massachusetts, 
Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. He has permanently 
identified himself with the Territory of Utah, however, making 
Ogden his future home, where he holds the important position 
of inspector of public buildings, and where he is fast gaining 
popularity for his thorough-going business methods, sterling 
integrity, and perfect familiarity with the details of his busi- 
ness. 



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W. B. WEDELL. 

The real estate dealer is presumably the most important 
agent in the material and substantial upbuilding of a town or 
city. Notwithstanding the fact that a city may be located in 
the heart of a section of country fairly teeming with natural 
resources, it is essential for the progression of the community, 
that some one make it their business to inform the world at 
large of the wonderful opportunities offered, and to inaugurate 
enterprises for immediate development of its latent waalth. 

The real estate agent, more than auyother class of citizens is 
looked too for the performance of this duty, and the commend- 
able manner in which the dealers of Ogden have responded to 
thacall. reflects great credit ou their value as citizens. 

Mr. W. B. Wedell, a real estate owner and broker of this 
city, furnishes a fair illustration of the push and enterprise 
characteristic of our leading business m^n. 



where else in the city. Twenty-five families are already settled 
in comfortable homes on the tract, and new houses are con- 
stantly going up. 

Mr. Wedell has upward of $100,000 invested in Ogden re- 
alty, and his annual sales amount to over $300,000. In addi- 
tion to this splendid list of city property, he handles improved 
and unimproved acre property located in different parts of the 
Territory. Mr. Wedell has consumated some very large and 
desirable transfers since starting in business that have termin- 
ated to the financial benefit of both buyers and sellers. He is 
a gentleman of entire probity in his business relations, and of 
sound judgment in all that pertains to the handling and care 
of real estate. Prospective purchasers can safely rely upon his 
statements and representations regarding the value, location and 
desirability of the property he has for sale. 

He handles his own property principally, and has an abund- 
ance of capital at his disposal, which enables him to take ad- 




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W. B. WEDELL. 



Mr. Wedell opened his real estate o£Bce in 1889, and from 
the very start proved himself a working factor among the busi- 
ness interests of Ogden, and has already platted and sub- 
divided and disposed of a large portion of some of the moat de- 
sirable property, both for business and residential purposes, 
that has ever been placed upon the market. 

The following list of additions will serve to show that Mr. 
Wedell has the handling of some of the l)pst tracts in the city: 
Wedell's Monterey addition; Wedell's Terrace sub-division; 
Lund's Lynue addition; Sanford's Annex; Five Point Annex: 
South Ogden Heights, Five Point sub-division and Riverside 
Park. 

All these additions are admirably situated, and contain 
choice and sightly lots, unsurpassed as locations for beautiful 
homes. Monterey addition contains ten acres, located in the 
best part of the city, being well drained and commanding an 
elegant view. Terrace sub-division is the most desirable tract 
on the market. It contains tventy-one acres of fine residence 
property, and lots in this addition are selling faster^than any- 



vantage of every business exigency and secure control of the 
bargains that are to be had through cash transactions. 

His office is located at Xn. 321 Twenty-fourth street, over 
the postoffiee, and persons wishing to buy or sell real estate 
will do well to give him a call, and get acquainted with his su- 
perior methods of doing business. 

Though only twenty-eight years of age Mr. Wedell has had quite 
a varied experience during his business career. He was born in 
th9 state of Wisconsin, and came to Utah several years ago, and 
engaged in the restaurant business at Salt Lake City, running 
what is familarly known as the California restaurant. After 
remaining in Salt Lake for a time he came to Ogden and was 
proprietor at different times of both the Saddle Rock and the 
Elite restaurants. He soon saw, however, the wonderful 
opportunities afforded in the real estate business in Ogden 
and opened his present office in 1889. He is an enterprising, 
go-ahead citizen and a man of integrity, straightforward and 
conscientious in all his business relations, and has won the 
confidence and good will of the public. 



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JONES & LEWIS. 

Tbe above is a proniineot atii] popular establiBbment in the 
grocery busiuees of OKilen. 

I I The geutlf men coniprieing the tirm are Edgar Jones and 
Robert B. Lewis. They formed a co-partnership under tbe 
present firm style in March 1HK7, and have since developed 
extensive connections, such as are usually accorded to houses 
in this brunch of industry. 

The premises occupied is a large two-story brick building 
25x80, located at ^528 Twenty-tifth street. The store is well 
arranged and fitted up according to modern ideas of the busi- 
ness. 

The firm obtain supplies direct from nil the best produc 
ing sources, and carry an extensive assortment of everything 
in the line of imported and domestic staple and fancy groceries 
and family supplies. They have made it their aim from the 
start to keep on sale only such goods as are of a superior 
quality, and as a eousequence a trade has been btiilt up of a 



R. JONES. 

In reviewing the varied and important industrial enter- 
prises which go to make up the sum total of the city's wealth 
and prosperity, there are many deservirg of more space than 
can be extended them. Such an one is the Ogden Carriage and 
Wagon Works, owned and operated by Mr. K. Jones, at 'Mh-'Sil- 
349 Washington avenue,bet\veen Washington and Grant avenues. 
There is no city in the northwest of the size of Ogden, where 
a better arranged and more complete erterpriee of this kind 
can be found. It was established by its present proprietor in 
1889 and has steadily increased to its present large proportions. 
The jiremiEes occupied are located as above, and consists of a 
substantial two-story brick building :!8x80 feet, complete in 
every detail and arrangement, and (quipped with the most 
modern improvements known to Ibis branch of industrial pur- 
suit. Jn the manufacture of carriages, Mr. Jones is prepared 
to turn out hnytliing from a sulky lo the heaviest grade of 
transfer wagons, and his work is noted for the excellence of 







JOSK8 & LEW18. C. O. D. Grocers. 



most substantial character. Only the choicest of everything in 
their line is handled, and patrons can always feel assured that 
no inferior or adulterated goods will be sold to them. 

Lowest prices prevail, order, system and neatness are observ- 
able on all sides, polite attendance accorded, while orders 
are taken and delivered at residences free of extra charge. ;_ 

The firm have 316,000 invested in their large and complete 
stock, and their business reaches over 8100.0CO annually. The 
large and growing trade of this establishment is not confined 
to the city of Ogden, but extends all over Utah, Idaho, Nevada 
and Wyoming. 

Both Mr. Jones and Mr. Lewis understand the grocery busi- 
ness thoroughly, and by pushing their interests energetically, 
and observing upright principlts in all their dealings, they 
have succeeded in building up the large and profitable trade 
they now enjoy. No effort on their part is spared to please 
and satisfy each and everj- one of their numerous patrons. 



material used, superior workmaiship displayed, and tbe 
beauty of design and finish. He employs six skillful and 
experienced workmen and gi%e6 his personal attention to all 
matters connected with bis establie hmeLt. His trade extends 
throughout the city and Territory and is steadily increasing. 

Special attention is also given to horse-shoeing, anchors for 
buildings, and repairing of all kinds. and all work is warranted. 
There is a paint shop connected with this enterprise in which 
all kinds of painting of carriages and wagons is done in an 
artistic manner. 

Mr. Jones is a practical and experienced business man and 
was eighteen years employed as blacksmith by tbe Union 
Pacific Kailroad. There exists iu this city no enterprise more 
worthy of mention than the Ogden Carriage and Wagon 
Works which to-day stands in the front ranks, and deserves tbe 
merited success they have achieved. 







OCDEN MILITARY ACADEMY. 

It was with a view of fultilliug, in a practical and compre- 
hensive manner, the requirements of a high grade military 
academy, where the citizens cf Utah and surrounding States 
and 'ierntories could etrd their boys, and feel they 
were attenoiug a praiseworlhy aid superior class institution, 
that a few of Ogden's leading men organized a stock company 
and constructed and equipped the splendid edifice known as 
the Ogden Military academy. Tbe academy and grounds are 
situated about three miles north of the business center of Og- 
den, on the line of the Hot Springs railway, occupying a high, 
well-drained quarter, and commanding a magniticeut view of 
the surrounding country, while an ample campus aflords every 
facility for drills, parades and athletic sports. 

The main building is 80x1.5(1 feet m dimensions, and four 
stories high. It is a brick structure, finely lurnished and 
especially arranged for the comfort, convenience and instruc- 
tion of pupils. Independent of the main academy building 
there is a gymnasium, and a wood and iron work-shop. In this 
latter department the boys are given an insight into practical 
mechanical work, as a part ot their course of instruction. The 
entire grounds covers about ten acres and the buildings and 
equipment have been provided at a cost of iSSO.OOO. 

Thorough academic courses are taught by which students 
are prepared for entrance into tirst-class colleges, scientific 
schools and for business 
life. The school is 
strictly military in char- 
acter and all the formal- 
ities of such an institu- 
tion are observed. It 
has capacity sufficient 
to accommodate sixty- 
tive boarders and tlfty- 
one are now in attend- 
ance. Appropriate rules 
and regulations have 
been instituted, and the 
officers and teachers 
always insist on their 
enforcement. Thorough 
discipline is also main- 
tained in every depart- 
ment, and of a character 
calculated to promote 
the moral, mental and 
physical well-being of 
the inmates. 

Capt. L. L. Howard, 
who has the manage- 
ment of the school, ably 
aided by six competent 
and experienced assist- 
ants, is presumably as 
capable and efficeut in 
his special capasity as 
any man in this country. He is the perfect embodiment of phys- 
ical manhood and possesses administrative ability of a superior 
order. He has had years of experience in the charge of just 
such institutions, is thoroughly conversant with all modern 
methods of recognized [merit, and is quick to apply every 
principal that promises to advance the best interests of all 
patrons. His creditable work supplemented by the valuable 
and painstaking efforts ot the corps of teachers now engaged is 
rapidly building up the school and giving it favorable and wide- 
spread popularity. 

The Board of Trustees are as follows : Reese Howell, 
president ; W. M. Shilling, vice-president ; C. L. Howard, 
secretary ; John A. Boyle, treasurer. Fred J. Iviesel, A. C. 
Newill and A. H. Nelson, all gentlemen of the highest standing 
and well-known to the people ot this section of the country. 
Their identification with the institution in iteelt is a sufficient 
guarantee of merit and effectually insures for it a long and pros- 
perous career. 



OGDEN ACADEMY. 

The thorough and efficient educational institutions located 
in the city of Ogden are among the most salient manifestations 
ot progression on a sound and substantial basis, and the ten- 
dency ot the people ot this community to keep abreast of mod- 
ern advancement and enlightenment. Thereis as much sterling 
enterprise exhibited in the construction and maintenance ot 




OGDEN MILIT.\RY ACADEMY. 



high class religious and educational schools, as there is in any 
sphere of commercial industry; and tbe simultaneous develop- 
ment of the mental faculties and tbe moral nature accomplishes 
an infinitely greater amount of good than either one tak«n 
separately. It is as much within the piovince of schools tor 
the education and training of the young to weave in the course 
of their instructions, proper lessons in tbe doctrines of religion 
and principles of molality, as any other branch of study. 

It was with a view of fulfilling and carrying out this necessi- 
ty that the New AVest C'cmmiteion foiinded the Ogden Academy, 
one of the most admirable and perfect institutions of the kind 
in this section of the country. Tbe excellent building which 
is located on the corner ot Twenty-sixtli street and Adams ave- 
nue, is spacious and substantial, and arranged especially for 
convenience and adaptability. Eveiy department is perfect in 
its equipment, and tbe corps of able teachers are highly quali- 
fied for the respective positions they occupy. Nearly all 
tbe teacbeis are graduates of excellent eastern colleges. Tbe 
school was first opened in 188.3, by Pi of. H. W. King with eleven 
pupils, and it has enjoyed a most successful and prosperous 
career from its very inception to the present time. About 
8115,000 are invested in tbe premises, and the academy has a 
capacity sufficient to comfortably accommodate three hundred 
pupils. There are two hundred now in attendance, and the 
number is increasing each year. 

The building is 100x1.50 feet in dimensions, and three stories 

high. The arrangement 
is such that ample light 
and ventilation are se- 
cured, while the build- 
ing is heated through- 
out by steam. Every 
thing about the place 
has an air of attractive- 
ness, and it is altogether 
an ideal private school 
for both sexes. 

The usual English, 
scientific and classical, 
courses are taught, and 
all the various studies 
classed under these 
heads are included. 
Special attention is 
given to fitting for first- 
class eastern colleges. 
Nineteen students are 
now fitting for Vassar, 
Oberlin and Stanford. 
A choice library con- 
taining many valuable 
reference books, ency- 
clopedias, etc., has been 
provided for the use ot 
students and the school 
is particularly well pre- 
pared to give instruc- 
tion in the sciences by means of an extensive set of late 
improved apparatus of inestimable value for practical illus- 
tration. A first and second primary and an intermediate 
department are p'-ovided for the younger pupils, and a thor- 
ough commercial course is given tor those who wish to avail 
themselves of a complete business education. 

Prof. David A. Curry, the principal, is a man of superior 
ability in the efficient conduct of an institution of this charac- 
ter, and his untiring efforts to maintain a school of tbe highest 
order and carry out tbe fundamental principle upon which it is 
based, has been of such a satisfactory nature as to command 
the esteem and good will of tbe Commission, and the high re- 
gard of both pupils and co-instructors. He is ably assisted in 
the academic department by Mrs. Jennie Foster Curry, in 
lower departments by Miss Mary H. Nutting, Miss Mary 
McClelland, Miss Eva Roney and Miss Alice B. Hamlin. 



^PARKER, DOXEY & EASTMAN. 

A distinguishing feature of the city of Ogden is the superior 
class of its buildings and private residences, the fine character 
of which reflect great credit on the skill and ability of the 
architects who designed them. Among the most prominent 
concerns engaged in this arduous profession none have prose- 
cuted their work with more skill or greater success than the 
firm of Parker, Doxey & Eastman, long and well known as 




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accompliehed artists ia some of the leading cities of the United 

States. 

Mr. .\. F. Parker, the senior member, is from the Kast, hav- 
ing uciiuired his professioa in Boston, Massachusetts, where he 
had H thoroiiiLTh training in all its details; while Mr. Samuel 
Doxey is a native of ()),'den, where he is intimately adiuaiuted 
with the best business men of llie city, by whom he is univer- 
sally esteemed. Mr. ('. IC. Eastman, who was educated at the 
University of Illinois, com^^s to ( >^;den from Chicago, where he 
was actively engaged at architectural work, in which he attained 
to distinguished prominence and reputation. 

The tirm is prepared at all tunes to promptly execute orders 
for plans and specifications, exercising extraordinary diligence 
and guaranteeing accuracy. The members also make a spec- 
ialty of superintending the construction of public buildings, 
private residences, etc., at the shortest notice and upon reason- 
able terms. They are expert designers of beautiful homes and 
high class private dwellings, and were the architects employed 
in the planning and 
erection of the follow- 
ing: The residences of 
A. Allen,.V. K.C.Smith, 
Dr. J. D. Carnahan. F. 
T. Sanford, W. .1. Hm- 
mett, and many others 
that speak very highly 
for their proficiency at 
the busineBS. 

The firm possess every 
facility for the success- 
ful completion of all 
work entrusted to its 
care, and is prompt in 
satisfying the wants of 
patrons. They oci upy 
suites 27 and 28, Kirst 
National Bank building. 



D. W. ELLIS. 

The profession of the 
civil engineer and sur- 
veyor is one of the most 
important, lie needs 
not only a thorough 
scientific training based 
upon the fundamentals 
that have always been a 
part of the profession, 
but possessing a capac- 
ity for the reception of 
new ideas and a readi- 
ness to adapt himself 
thereto. 

Mr. D. W. Ellis, civil 
engineer and surveyor, 
occupying offices 27 and 
28 in the First National 
Bank building, is one of 
the best equipped and 
most widely known civil 
engineers in the city. 
He has had years of ex- 
perience in all its 
branches, and is thor- 
oughly educated in all 
the technical and s< ien- 




Mr. Ellis stands high in the community, not only as a pro- 
fessional, but as a citizen of enterprise and public spirit, 
executing all business entrusted to him in a thorough artistic 
manner, ami at prices that cannot fail to be satisfactory. 



JESSE J. DRIVER. 

Of all the various branches of mercantile industry, the drug 
business is beyond question the most important. There are 
concerns engaged in other lines, that may carry a larger stock, 
require greater capital, and trai sact a much more extensive 
business, but in the matter of importance and responsibility, 
the drug business, without doubt, stands at the head. The 
citizens of Ogden have in the establishment of Jesse .1. Driver 
located at 'I'i'il Washington avenue, a pharmacy from which 
they can purchase every line of meJicaments, drugs, etc., and 
feel assured of getting fresh and pure articles. This bouse was 

established by Mr. 
Driver in 1880. The 
store is handsomely fit- 
ted up and furnished, 
and contains a full and 
choice stock of drugs 
and chemicals, carefully 
selected for their purity 
and strength, also per- 
fumeries, soaps, toilet 
articles, fancy goods, 
etc. Prescriptions are 
compounded and family 
recipes prepared at low- 
est prices, every care 
being taken to guard 
against the possibilitv 
of error. About Sti.OOO 
is invested in the busi- 
ness and the annual re- 
ceipts amount to over 
812,000. 

Mr. Driver devotes 
his personal attention 
to the business, and 
nothing but highly com- 
petent help has ever 
been employed. He has 
in consecjuence built up 
a very extensive patron- 
age, and his establish- 
ment is the popular 
pharmacy of the city. 

Mr. Driver is an old 
resident of Ogden, hav- 
ing lived in the city for 
the past sixteen years. 
During this time by 
straight-forward, hon- 
orable business methods 
he has won the confi- 
dence and esteem of all 
who know him, stand- 
ing high among the 
business men of the 
community and figuring 
prominently in many 
public enterprises. 



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JESSE J. DRIVER. 



titic departments of the business. Surveying of every descrip- 
tion is made a specialty, and plans, plats and maps are prepared 
expeditiously and accurately. 

Mr. Ellis was retained as one of the expert engineers on the 
new electric railway of Ogden, a model of its kind, and evidenc- 
ing in its plans and construction, exceptional skill on the part of 
those who formulated and provided the designs. He is also an 
expert in the department of mining engineering, in which he 
enjoys an established and well-deserved reputation. His master- 
piece, however, and that for which he has gained for himself 
an advanced position in the estimation of the citizens of Ogden, 
was in the draughting and gathering of data for the first litho- 
graphical map of the city, a professional achievement, pro- 
posed and concluded upon his own personal responsibility, 
and for which meritoriooa undertaking, Mr. Ellis received 
public applause and patronage from citizens and the daily prees. 



MRS. L. B. MAHAN. 



The existence of such tirst-clasis »'stablishments as that con- 
ducted by the lady whose name heads this article is the best 
indication possible of the metropolitan character of this city. 
Mrs. Mahan is a lady of cultured taste, moulded upon a 
thorough acquaintance with the best schools of artistic dress- 
making, and is prepared to create a new and superior style of 
dressmaking in Ogden. 

She is a lady of skilled judgment in all matters pertaining 
to her business. She has been a resident of Ogden for two 
years, coming to this city from Indianapolis, in which city she 
was engaged in the same line of business for eight years, and 
numbered among her customers some of the wealthiest ladies 
of the city. She is at present located in Wright Jc Sons' build- 
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nisbed rooms: parlor, cloak, fitting and reception room, and is 
splendidly equipped to receive her patrons and execute their 
orders for dressmaking in the latest styles and most artistic 
manner. 

Mrs. M^ihan keeps constantly employed from twelve to 
fifteen skilled assistants, and supervises personally all work 
committed to her. which is of itself a sufficient guarantee that 
everything will be done in a satisfactory manner. 



IDAHO LUMBER COMPANY. 

The rapid and substantial growth of the City of Ogden has 
created a large field for 
the operations of lum- 
ber dealers, and the 
practicability of ship- 
ping an unlimited 
amount of all kinds to 
the points where build- 
ings are in progress of 
construction enables the 
lumber merchant to 
supply all demands at 
fair prices. The Idaho 
Lumber Company is 
recognized as an influ- 
ential factor in meeting 
the demand for first- 
class lumber, well sea- 
soned and adapted to 
immediate use. The 
company was formed 
eight years ago and has 
been since its organiza- 
tion under the control 
of its present able and 
efficient manager, D. 1). 
Jones, to whose untiring 
efforts and superior 
business ability is al- 
most wholly due the 
wonderful success 
achieved. It carries in 
stock a heavy line of 
lumber, lath, shingles, 
sash, doors, blinds, 
building material, etc., 
also Fay's manilla 
goods, for which it has 
the exclusive agency. 
In connection with the 
yards which are located 
on Twenty-fifth street, 
between Lincoln and 
Wall, the company 
operates a large and 
extensive planing mill. 
two stories high, and 
50x100 feet in size, 
where it is prepared to 
supply every description 
of scroll sawing, turn- 
ing, etc. An average 
stock of forty-thousand 
dollars in value is car- 
ried and the average 
sales amount to one 

hundred thoTisand Photo by Newcomb Bros, 
dollars per annum — the trade extending throughout Utah, 
Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. By great care in purchasing 
and honorable methods in dealing tbe company has won ifs 
way among competitors to a success at once, gratifying and 
well deserved. 

Mr. D. ]-). Jones is a Welchman by birth, but has lived in 
Ogden for the past twenty years, lie is one of the most enter- 
prising of business men, always on the alert to advance any 
cause which has for its object the good of the city. He is a 
member of the Chamber of Commerce, also chairman of the 
committee on manufactures, and has the I'espect and confidence 
of all citizens. The Idaho Lumber Company ie to be congrat- 
ulated on securing the Scsrvicea of so popular a gentleman, and 
well deserves the coutidencs and patronage of the public. 




WILLIAM W. FIFE. 

There is no profession more arduous and intricate or that 
requires a deeper and more comprehensive study to approach 
perfection than that of architecture. The striking beauty and 
magnificence of any city depends principally upon the archi- 
tects who have designed and planned the buildings which 
adorn its streets and thoroughfares. 

The wonderful advancement which Ogden has made during 
the past few years and the great metropolitan appearance she 
has taken on, is due more to her elegant and modern structures 
than anything else. It is but fitting in a work of this character, 
containing engravings of her finest business blocks and private 

dwellirigs, that a brief 
sketch of the business 
and meritorious work 
executed by Mr. W. W. 
Fife, aprominent archi- 
tect of this city, be 
given. Mr. Fife is cer- 
tainly efficient and 
painstaking in the per- 
formance of his work, 
and that he has great 
original conceptions re- 
garding the line of en- 
terprise in which he is 
engaged is amply at- 
tested by the elegant 
structures for which he 
has made designs and 
drawn plans. 

The following brief 
list of buildings in this 
city speak more em- 
phatically for his abil- 
ity than could the most 
lucid writer: City Hall, 
Ogden; Utah Loan ..t 
Trust Co.'s bank and 
office building; fifth 
ward institute and thea- 
tre, Ogden; high school 
North Ogden; church, 
fifth ward, Ogden; 
church, fourth ward, 
Ogden; W. H. Wright 
& Sons Co.'s store and 
office building, Ogden; 
Hon. D. H. Peery's store 
and office building, 
Ogden; Jno. J. Cortez' 
block, Ogden; Union 
block stores and office 
building, Ogden; C. 
Woodmansee's store 
and office building, Og- 
den; B. White's store 
and office building, Og- 
den; .Ino. Scowcroft & 
Sons' store building, 
Ogden; J. H. Spargo's 
store and office build- 
ing, Ogden; Lincoln 
hotel, Ogden; grand pa- 
villion. Hot Springs, 
near < igden: residence, 
Hon. Lorin F a r r, 
< )gden ; residence, E. T. 
Wooley, Ogden; residence, E. T. Hulaniski, (.)gden; residence, 
J. G. Kennedy, Ogden; residence, I. L. Clark, Ogden; resi- 
dence, Hon. Jos. Stanford. Ogden; residence, B. G. Geddard, 
Ogden; residence, Thos. J. Stephens, Ogden; residence, F. W. 
Lafrentz, Ogden, and many other stores, office buildings, 
banks, churches and residences to which reference can be made. 
These are all representative buildings and we call special 
attention to the Utah Loan & Trust Company's building at the 
corner of Washington avenue and Twenty-fourth street, the 
finest and most handsome structure by all odds in the Terri- 
tory, and really unsurpassed in the West as an architectural 
creation. It is an ornament to the city, and Mr. Fife achieved 
for himself great credit, and established a lasting reputation 
for ability and competency in modeling such a grand and 
imposing structure. 




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Mr. Fife is a native of Ogden aud thirty-five^years of age. 
He has been actively eugaged in the CDiilraeting and architec- 
tural pursuit for flfteen years, and for the last dve years has 
devoted himself exclusively to his large and growing business 
as an arcliitect. 

Mr. Fife's knowledge of the architectural profession was 
acquired in the best school of learning, viz.: practical experi- 
ence. 

His father was well known to the people of this community 
as a thorough-going, capable and highly ijualified builder and 
contractor, second to none iu this country. His education and 
knowledge of the rudiments, details and fundamental princi- 
ples of this department of industry was obtained under a seven 
years' apprenticeship in Edinburgh, Scotland, and iu the large 
cities of Englaml and Scotland, and upon coming to this 



of any similar tirm in the city, and we doubt if any young man 
in the country has manifested such superior capabilities and 
efliciency in so arduous an occupation. 

Mr. Fife has studied hard and earnestly to perfect himself 
in the details of architecture (iu which study he never tires), 
and in order to keep abreast of the times and give bis patrons 
the benefit of the latest and most approved productions of 
recognized authority and eminent draughtsmen and designers, 
subscribes to, and keeps constantly on file, the very l)est works 
and periodicals on architecture published in the United States, 
and is in communication with publishers in different parts of 
Europe to bring to his aid and to use in his work the finest and 
most magnificent and substantial class of work iu planning 
and construction of buildings. 

He subscribes regularly to such celebrated publications as 







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country iu the early settlement of I'tah, he was an active 
worker in the construction of buildings in Salt Lake City, 
Ogden and throughout the Territory; and established for him- 
self a reputation for the excellence of his work and the great 
skill he displayed. 

His son, the subject of our sketch, was an apprentice under 
bis father, and always exhibited the same natural aptitude for 
this class of work. At the early age of thirteen he started in to 
learn his chosen profession. He foiui became a partner, and 
when but fifteen years of age was iua<le clerk of the works his 
father then hail in charge. He was invested with the important 
responsibility of ordering the material, etc., and other duties of 
which a lad of his years seldom has a proper conception. Two 
years later at the age of seventeen he assumed entire charge of 
the draughting department, and shortly afterward his father 
retired from business, leaving the affairs of the concern entirely 
with his sou. The business was at that time much the largest 



the Aiiicricaii Architecture, international edition, published id 
IJoston, Massachusetts, the most expensive scientific work 
produced in the United States. 

The Jiihiiid Arcliitect is a monthly edition of the highest 
order which comes to Mr. Fife's ollice regtdarly. 

Another weekly paper of a high character, the Architect 
and Buililer. is teeming each issue with new and valnable 
points and suggestions. 

The Scieiitilie American, architects and builders' edition, is 
another important publication dealing in an able and scientific 
manner with the latest topics of interest. 

.\11 of these and many other noted papers are to be found at 
Mr. Fife's office as they appear each regular issue, and the high 
class plates and engravings which come with them from time 
to time, are all carefully claesilied and kept for ready reference. 

Mr. I'ife's library is replete with volumes by authors of the 
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architecture can be foucd. We mention these facts to show 
that he is wide-awake to the demands of modern architecture 
and nses his utmost endeavors to fiiruish the people of this 
community with all the advantages of the latest developments 
of the profession all over the world. 

That Mr. Fife is highly expert in his mastery of the subject 
to which he is devoted is clearly indicated in the splendid class 
of buildings he has erected; the bulk of the substantial and 
costly structures of this city having been modeled and designed 
by him. 




this floor, there are three miisic rooms and a garden hall for the 
recreation of pupils. The second floor contains eight large 
class rooms, a double parlor, the main office, and the chapel and 
infirmary. The library, studio, two large class rooms, seven 
music rooms and five large dormitories occupy the third floor, 
while the fourth floor is set aside exclusively for dormitories. 
Twenty one sisters attend to the interests and instruction of 
pupils. underthesupervisiou and head guardianship of thesister 
superior. Every care is taken to see that the primary objects 
for which the school is designed are earned out to the fullest 

extent. Thorough and compre- 
hensive courses in all the vari- 
ous branches usually provided 
in academic schools are taught, 
and the best systems of instruc- 
tion are adopted. Besides the 
regular English course and 
Latin, lessons in book-keeping, 
type-writting and short-hand, 
are given after the latest im- 
proved methods. Tberearenow 
250 pupils in attendance and 
scholars are received at all 
times during the year. 

The citizens of Utah and 
surrounding states and terri- 
tories are to be congratulated 
ou having in their midst such 
a praiseworthy and meritorious 
institution, and as this work 
will be circulated largely 
through this section of the 
country, the opportunity is 
availed of to reccommend the 
Sacred Heart academy in the 
highest terms, as an admirable 
place for the proper training 
and education of young ladies. 



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SACRED HEART ACADEMY. 



SACRED HEART ACADEMY. 

The high class educational institutions of Ogden are among 
the noteworthy features of the city's multitudinous attractions 
and advantages. The splendid school edifice, known as the 
Sacred Heart academy, located at the corner of Twenty-fifth, 
and Quincy streets, is indeed a model institution of the kind, 
and reflects great credit on the worthy and right minded peo- 
ple, whose high motives and sincere efforts have caused its 
erection. It is doubtful if the school has a superior in this 
country, both in regard to the excellent design and convenient 
arrangement of the building, and the conscientious and capa- 
ble sisters who have charge and are now conducting the in- 
stitution. An academy of this character commends itself to 
the favorable consideration of parents who wish to provide for 
their children a thorough and comprehensive education, and at 
the same time feel that all the influences thrown around them 
are of such a wholesome and beneficial tendency as to purify 
and strengthen their moral nature and early inculcate prin- 
ciples of honor and obedience. 

The building itself shows the untiring zeal and earnest en- 
deavors of the projectors, and their perfect conception of the 
fundamental needs of so vital and important an institution. It 
was erected and equipped at a total cost of $12.5,000, and is pre- 
eminently appropriate and convenient in every appointment. 
It is 225x7.5 feet in dimensions and is four stories high. The 
capacity of the school is sufficient to accommodate from .500 to 
600 boarding pupils, and although it is but a short time since 
the building was ready for occupancy it is rapidly filling up. An 
ample hot water heating aparatus furnishes heat to every 
apartment, and the building is provided throughout with both 
gas and electric light. 

The first floor is occupied by the spacious exhibition hall 
which is 70x67 feet, a splendid and nicely arranged office 26x11, 
also a commodious and appropriately furnished reception room 
26x40. The dining room is also on the first floor and is di- 
vided into two distinct departments each 44x28 feet in dimen- 
sions. The kitchen and refactories are located near the dining 
room, and fully equipped with all facilities and necessary 
arrangements. Besides the apartments already mentioned on 



DOYLE & HALVERSON 

Very prominent among the 
industries of the country is the 
plumbing business, defined ^s by far the most important 
branch of the house building art. Among the most indispen- 
sable aids of the sanitary reformer are the men of integrity, 
skill and intelligence in this special line. In this connection 
due mention should be made of Doyle & Halverson, plumbing 
and gas fitters at No. 2304 Washington avenue, who keep pace 
with the demands of the times, and who have for the past three 
years been actively engaged in this department of trade. The 
firm is fully prepared to execute every description of 
plumbing, gas and steam fitting, also sewerage work in the best 
manner and at lowest rates, at the same time guaranteeing sat- 










isfaction in every instance. They give steady employment to 
fifteen skilled artisans and the experience of its members 
combined with skill and sound judgment have given them a 
wide reputation as reliable workers. This important flourish- 
ing and industiial enterprise has now been in successful oper- 
ation for nearly three years. Each member of the firm is a 
master mechanic in his special line, a fact that coupled with 
popularity and rare business sagacity has secured for them a lu- 
crative business iipon a sure and permanent foundation. All 
orders are promptly attended to, the best material used, and 
the rates and terms are reasonable and liberal. 




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C. A. EKLUND. 

The foremost enterprise in the city of Ogden engaged in the 
merchant tailoring business is that of C. A. Eklund, whose spa- 
cious rooms are located at 240:^ Washington avenue, second floor. 
This widely known and old established house has been doing 
business iii Ogden since 1881, and has enjoyed a most prosper- 
ous career. Through the untiring etTorts of the proprietor and 
his thorough understanding of all the multitudinous details of 
the profession, the trade has been increased until now it amounts 
to over $-J5,0IH) annually, and extends all over I'tah, Idaho, 
Wyoming, Montana and Nevada. Mr. ICkluud carries a very 
choice and complete line of stock embracing all the latest and 
best goods in the market, and ever makes it a leading object 




C. A. EKLUND. 

not only to employ the very best and most experienced work- 
men, but to keep on hand a comprehensive line of well selected 
cloths, from which the most fastidious can make selections. 
The store and workshop consists of two large and conveniently 
arranged rooms together 25x80 feet in dimension, equipped 
with every facility and otherwise convenient and inviting. He 
employs twelve hands, and is prepared to fill orders for gar- 
ments or suits adapted to social or business purposes, with the 
least delay, and at the most reasonable prices. 

Mr. Eklund is a native of Sweden, and came to this country 
in 1874, and to Salt Lake City in 187('). where he remained until 
1870, when he removed to Larime, Wyoming. He remained 
there two years, and then located in Ogden where all of his in- 
terests have since been centered. He is an honoraljle, upright 
business man and applies himself faithfully to his chosen 
avocation. 



J. A. STEPHENS. 

Among those old established mercantile enterprises in the 
city of Ogden, which have ever maintained a leading position 
in the commercial interests of the city, and proved themselves 
instrumental in furthering and increasing the importance and 
material prosperity of this section as a wholesale and jobbing 
center, is the well known wholesale and retail grocery h<mse ot 
.T. A. Stephens, located at 365,Twenty-fourth street. This estab- 
lishment was first opened ten years ago under the firm name of 
Stephens & Stone, and continued under that title until October 
5th, 18i11, when Mr. Stephens became sole owner. A large and 
substantial trade has been built up both wholesale and retail, and 
the amount of business transacted is increasing yearly, the an- 
ual sales now averaging over S12IJ,000. Six hands are given oon- 
stant employment in the various departments and shipments 
are made throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. 



Mr. Stephens has been the principal factor in the enterprise 
since its inception, and being a thorough-going business man of 
untiring iudnstiy, supplemented by unrtmittiug efforts to sup- 
ply the demands of the trade, satisfactorily, he has not only 
augmented the business to its present proportions, but has 
gained the respect, of the people of this community. 

Mr. Stephens was born in the State of Ohio forty-two years ago 
where his early education was also acquired. While yet a young 
man he removed to Omaha, and engaged with a mercantile 
house of that city, as traveling salesman, continuing in that 
capacity for twenty years, when he severed his connection with 
the house and came to Ogden. This was about twelve years ago, 
and since then he has been highly successful not only in his 
business venture, but in outside investments and speculations. 
He is chairman ot the executive committee of the board of di- 
rectors of the Equitable Cooperative Association of Ogden, 
and is prominently identified with other leading enterprises. 

Mr. Stephens is deeply interested in the future of Ogden and 
not only watches its growth and increasing prosperity with the 
keenest pleasure, but is always ready to aid in the promotion of 
projects designed to build up and improve the city. 



E. A. OLSEN. 



The business house occupied by Mr. E. A. Olsen, at 2'J45 
Washington avenue, is an old established stand, and shows a 
keen business discernment on Mr. Olsen's part, when he se- 
cured possession of the same about two years ago, as the busi- 
ness of to-day will verify. The building in which the estab- 
lishment is located is a large two-story structure, 2('ix:"0, 
conveniently and attractively arranged. The stock is full and 
complete, tlie assortment embracing everything in the way of 
staple and fancy groceries, glass and chinaware, etc. He fully 
guarantees his goods to be strictly as represented, while his 
prices will always compare favorably with the other stores of 




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the city. He obtains his supplies direct from the leading 
sources, and nothing but the choicest and highest grade goods 
are ever sold over his counter. He carries a large stock, and 
his sales amount to $'24,0(10 annually, the trade being exclus- 
ively among the very best class of people, with whom he has 
gained universal popularity as an upright business man. 

He has lived in Ogden for the past seven years, and is well 
known and respected by all with whom he comes in contact. 
Independent of his business relations. Mr. Olsen is an enter- 
prising, public-spirited man, and has the future interests of 
the city of Ogden at heart, readily aiding and endorsing all 
movements calculated to promote the city's growth and ad- 
vancement. 



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amount of sales. The stock represents something ov.r S ■250,000, and the annual business reaches 
Watson is one of the popular business men of t)gilen and an enterprising citizen. 

A. W. PUTNAM. 



JOHN WATSON. 

Mr. John Watson, man- 
ager of the Ogden branch 
of the Z. C. M. I., emi- 
grated to this country 
'' from England, his native 
J country, in 1881. He 
; came direct to Utah, and 
'. having a thorough busi- 
: uess education, obtained 
5 through experience ac- 
; quired in some of the lar- 
: gest commercial houses of 
1 England, soon became 
■' actively engaged in the 
J mercantile interests of 
r this Territory. Naturally 
'i shrewd and careful in all 
; business transactions,and 
: possessing a thorough 
\ knowledge of the general 
: merchandise branch of 
■; industry he moved rapid- 
: ly to thefront, and within 
: three years after reaching 
Utah was appointed to 
<\ the responsible position 
; he now occupiee. Under 
: his able guidance the in- 
; stitutiou has made re- 
i markable progress and 
; has been maintained on 
; the same solid and pro- 
- gressive basis, that char- 
; acterizes the mother cou- 
\ oern in Salt Lake City, 
' the Ogden enterprise com- 
ing next in order in point 
of magnitude and the 
upward of .STO(I,OOU. Mr. 



The gents' furnishing establishment of Mr. A. \V. Putnam, located at No. 2409 Washington avenue, was first opened in its 
present handsome quarters in the Utah Loan & Trust Co. building, December Ifi, 18!»1, and the large stock of new and choice 
goods, together with moderate prices, and the proprietors liberal methods of doing business at once brought the store into popular 
favor, and it now enjoys a large and growing patronage. A full and complete stock of clothing and gents" furnishing goods is 
always on hand, embracing every article known to the tr.de, and all of the best brands and highest grade of goods. In addition 

to these, goods of an equally sub- 
stantial character but of plainer 
patterns and at more moder- 
ate prices is kept constantly in 
stock. The investment is quoted 
at about 818,000. and the annual 
sales amount to upwards of 1^30,000 
in all paits of Utah, Idaho and 
W^yoming, requiring the services of 
a force of competent assistants. 

Mr. Putnam is an enterprising 

and thorough-going citizen as well 

as a shrewd and sagacious busi- 

? ness man. He came to Ogden a 

Tr year and a half ago and opened a 

- similar establishment on Twenty- 
-■ fourth street, where he continued 
■^, until the new store he occupies at 

- • present was completed and ready 
~ for occupancy. He was born in 
^ Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and 

is fifty years of age. For ten years 
he was engaged as traveling sales- 
man for the American Rubber 
Company, of Chicago, Hi., and for 
two years prior to coming to this 
city he was in South Dakota, con- 
ducting an enterprise similar to 
that over which he now presides. 
He is an honoralile upright man, 
genial and sociable, and well liked 
by all with whom he comes in con- 
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DR. E. M. FELSHAW. 



Dentistry is coming to be one of tlie most important pro- 
fessions of modern times. Xot but that high class work in 
this line has always been appreciated and persistently sought 
after, but the marked advance and improvements in the 
methods and instrnments employed of late years require 
thorough discipline and practical experience. There are many 
able and skillful dentists in the city of Ogden prominent 
among whom is Dr. H. M. Felshaw. He first came to this city 
in 1882, with ripe experience and a thorough knowledge of all 
phases of the art. He opened an office, but after two years of 
prosperous business here, he removed to Park City, remaining 
there four years, thence returning to Ogden where he has 
established himself permanently. 1 le was born in Lewis county 
New York, thirty-tour years ago, was educated at Lee Center, 
Oneida county, and then entered the office of H. T. Pelshaw at 
Constableville, New York, to study this profession. He applied 
himself closely to his work for several years, and then came 
direct to Ogden, where he has proved himself a highly quali- 
fied dentist, well able to execute with perfect satisfaction the 
most difficult and complicated class of work, and where his 
conscientious, painstakiug efforts to please all patrons has 
gained for him confidence, esteem and good will of the people 
of this section. His parlors in the (iraod Dpera House build- 
ing are pleasant, handsomely fitted up and equipped with all 
conveniences aud appointments. Those entrusting their work 
with him can fael assured that they will receive careful atten- 
tion and be dealt with upon the most satisfactory terms. 



L. H. WALLACE. 

For several reasons the jewelry business 
may be regarded as the highest art conducted 
on the basis of a mercantile enterprise. Especi- 
ally is this true under the advanced degree of 
perfection it has attained in these modern times, 
and the jeweler and watchmaker who hopes to 
meet with gratifying success mu.'it be thorough- 
ly experienced and qualified in the details of all 
branches of the trade. 

The city of Ogden is supplied with several 
jewelry establishments which may be justly 
termed first-class, and which occupy positions 
in the front rank of that industry, among them 
being the jewelry store of Mr. L. H. Wallace, 
located at 421 Twenty-fifth street in the Keed 
1 lotel building. The premises are conveniently 
and handsomely fitted up, and arranged with a 
special view to facilitate the proper transaction 
of business and the display of the costly and 
elaborate stock of goods carried, embracing all 
styles and classes of watches, clocks, jewelry, 
precious stones, etc. The assortment of dia- 
monds is especially complete and varied, also 
that of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, cameos, 
opals and other gems, which are set to order in 
the most elaborate and artistic styles. Watches 
of various makes both foreign and .\merican 
are always found in stock. Repairing is done 
promptly and neatly, and all work entrusted to 
Mr. Wallace is guaranteed to give entire satis- 
faction. He is also an expert optician, and car- 
ries a complete stock of optical goods. He 
employs three skilled and experienced assist- 
ants in the various departments, while Mr. 
Wallace is himself a practical jeweler aud 
scientific optician, thoroughly conversant with 
all phases of the business. 

Air. Wallace is a native of Clearfield, Penn- 
sylvania. He removed to Iowa in 187], and 
from there in lH,S:i to Ked Cloud, Neb. He has 
resided in Ogden for the past two years, during 
which time he has gained the confidence and 
good will of the public and established for 
himself a high reputation in his profession. He 
IS an honorable and upright business man, 
straightforward and reliable in all his dealings. 
Since locating here he has built up a large and sul)stantial 

patronage and executes work for the very best class of people 

in the city. 




TiioTo BY Newooxb Bbos. I>. H. WALLACE. 



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THOMAS BROS. 

Among the old established 
a n d successful busiuees 
tirms of this city, one that 
has gained a high reputation 
for excellence of goods car- 
ried, and straightforward 
and liberal methods of con- 
ducting their enterprise will 
be found the firm of Thomas 
Bros., grocers, located at tlie 
corner of Twenty - fourth 
street and Grant avenue. 
This leading concern was 
first established some fifteen 
years ago, under the title J. 
M. Thomas & Sods, which 
continued until about three 
years ago when the firm 
name was changed to its 
present style, Thomas Bros. 
Through years of careful 
and painstaking efforts to 
please the public, and con- 
stant endeavor to carry in 
stock at all times such a 
choice and comprehensive 
stock of staple and fancy 
groceries that customers can 
at all times find the articles 
they need and feel assured 
that nothing but pure and 
wholesome goods will be sold 
them, they have succeeded 
in building up an immense 
trade iu this line, numbering 
among their regular patrons, 
some of the very best fami- 
lies of the city. 

The premises consist of a 
large two-story brick build- 




Photo by Nowcomb Bros. 



THOMAS BROS. 



ing 34x60 feet in dimensions, 
fire proof and dtted up 
tastefully, with a special 
view to facilitate the con- 
venient and rapid transaction 
of the extensive business 
this firm now controls. 

Over 8 10,000 is invested in 
the enterprise, and the an- 
nual sales amount toS 70,000. 

Ten experienced hands are 
given emplo*uent and their 
trade is very extensive. 

The individual members of 
the firm are N. J. Thomas 
and M. H. Thomas, both 
gentlemen of high business 
qualifications and a thor- 
ough knowledge of the mer- 
cantile enterprise in which 
they are engaged. 

They are natives of Ogden, 
and their interests and in- 
vestments have been centered 
in this city. 

They are public spirited 
men and support many 
causes and efforts instituted 
for the general good of the 
city, and not only have im- 
plicit confidence in a won- 
derful growth and expansion 
of (Jgden in the future, but 
believe that such a condition 
should be brought about as 
speedily as possible by the 
united effort of all influential 
citizens in the adoption of 
any legitimate measure for 
the purpose. 





Photo by Newcomb. M. J. THOMAS. 



Photo by Newcomb. N. J. THOMAS. 



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PuoTo BY Nkwcomb_Bhos. 



UTAH LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 



W. W. Fife, ABcmrEcr 



UTAH LOAN & TEUST COMPANY.^ 

Perhaps the slrougest eviiltuce of the mateiial hbiI suli- 
Elantial growth and pros] erily of a rising city, that lias gaiced 
a Buflicient degree of advaucement among the indnstiial and 
commercial centers of the country to claim distinction, as a 
metropolitan center of the locality in which it issituated, is the 
character and Eoundntss of its banking institutions. TLey 
form H reliable index in estimating the aggregate Hmount of 
financial and industrial transactioEs, and are fafe and sure in- 
dications of the actual progress being marie in all directions. 

The credible and substantial banking houees.and tiuancial 
and investment corporations, which are centered in the City of 
Ogden, and from which their extensive operations in improve- 
ments and developments radiates, are marked evidence s of the 
present advancement and future pofsibilitif s of the city. 

The Utah Loan k Trust Co. is one of the Territory's 
stauDchest and most reliable financial institutions. It has 
among its officers and directiors. some of the most prtminent 
citizens of the community, and who are universally recognized 
and appreciated, as men of the highest business qualificatiote 
as well as sound and able financiers. 

This leading banking corporation was first orgiinized in IS^P, 
with C.t". Richards president ; L. \V. ShurtlifT vice-presidf ut, 
and H. H. Kolapp, cashier, all men of superior ability and 
especially fitted for the respective positiots ILey occupy. 
Through their judicious executive guidance and soui.d 
financial policies, the inleiesis of the bank havebeen subserved 
to the fullest extent, and its bnsiness has steadily grown and 



prospered, until now it stands in all respects among the fore- 
most institutions of the kind in the country. 

The paid-up capital is S2(Kl,()0fl, surplus 812,000. A general 
banking business is conducted, receives deposits, discounts 
good commercial paper, loans on first-class security, corresponds 
with leading banks in the United States and Europe, is£ue8 
letters of credit, etc. 

The new ancl elegant stracture in which the banking rooms 
are located is owned by the company and is, indeed, a model of 
its kind. No adequate description of the premises can be given 
in this limited space, but as regards substantiality and 
grandeur of architectural design, atd beauty and richness of 
finish, we doubt if it is surpassed by any similar structure in 
the West. 

The building is five stories high with basement, and is 75x122 
feet in dimensions. The materal used in its construction is 
cream stone ai:d pressed brick, with redwood interior finish. 
It contains in all four concmcdious stores and the banking room 
on the ground floor and one hundred spacious and nicely arrang- 
ed cftices on the upper floors. The building is provided with 
all the modern improvements and cflice conveniences, snch as 
elevators, electric lights, gas, speaking tubes, etc., and is in all 
respects an ideal business and cflice building, and is not only 
a source of pride to the enterprising gentlemen who have 
erected it, bnt it is a marked credit to the City of Ogden. The 
interior arrangement is an especially fine piece of architectural 
work. A large open eijuare occupies the center of the build- 
ing, art nnd whidi a passage-way extends on each floor, 
atTording from any point an entire circumspect of the 






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interior. A mammoth skylight is constructed^overhead giving 
an abundance of light and ventilation. The finest passenger 
elevator made rises along one side of this court convenient to 
all parts of the building. 

The banking rooms are especially handsome and finely 
furnished. The finishing throughout is in mahogany, richly 
carved and artistically arrangea and with a special view to 
facilitate the convenient transaction of business. Immense 
plateglass are set on two sides throwing a profusion 
of light into all departments. The main entrance extends 
obliquely across the corner. Heavy stone steps, cut with a 
graceful surface-curve rises from the street to the floor of the 
banking room. The style of the building is modern 
romanesque. The stone comes from the celebrated Croydon 
quarries of this Territory, and which is now regarded as the 
best to be obtained in the intermountain region. The base- 
ment is divided up for storage, heating and elevator purposes. 
The ground floor is occupied by the banking rooms and four 
commodious store rooms. The main entrance on Twenty-fourth 
street, leading to the office and elevator hall is twelve feet 
wide. 

All glass in the windows on street fronts are plate and the 
sashes are so arranged that the lower forge light will slide up, 
and transom over same is pivoted so that the occupant or 
tenant can always have good, pure air circulating in his 
room. Leading from the mam entrance hall and circling 
the elevators is the main staircase, four feet wide, and con- 
structed of iron and slate. This stair continues to the fifth 
floor. After leaving the first story the stairs are built out in 
the large light well or open court. The second floor and floors 
above are divided into offices, averaging twenty-seven on each 
floor, with toilets, closets and all other modern conveniences. 
There is not a dark room in the building, all are desirable for 
the purposes for which they are intended. Most of the offices 
have direct sunlight in them while the others receive their 
light through the windows in partitions that divide front 
and private offices and from the large open court. The entire 
building is heated by steam and lit with gas or electric lights. 
The ceiling of offices is eleven and one-fourth feet high, 
and otherwise furnished and modeled in a rich and georgeous 
fashion. The building and bank are altogether the most mag- 
nificent in the city, and fur that matter equal if not superior 
to any in the Territory. It has been the purpose of the Utah 
Loan & Trust Co. to make their building a monument of the 
city's growth and enterprise for all time to come, and we may 
say without fear of committing ourselves, that no matter to 
what metropohtan proportions Ogden may expand in the 
future, this handsome and costly structure will ever be re- 
garded by the citizens of this community as a most highly 
prized acquisition, as well as an incalculable benefit to the 
city. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 

The First National Bank of Ogden is one of the oldest 
established and most reliable banking houses of Utah. It has 
ever retained the entire confidence and good will of the public, 
and now stands as the leading financial institution of Ogden. 
It was duly organized in 1881 under the National banking 
laws, and its solid success and splendid financial condition 
reflects the highest credit upon all connected with its adminis- 
tration. The capital stock is «15U,00U, with a surplus of i$90,0U0, 
and the officers and directors are as follows: U. H. Peery, 
president; John Sharp, vice-president; James Pingree, cashier; 
D. II. Peery, R. J. Taylor, D. Eccles, Geo. W. Thatcher, John 
Sharp, Jaines Sharp, James T. Little, H. S. Young and Bar- 
nard White directors, all of whom are representative citizens 
and capitalists, men of sound judgment and superior financial 
methods, whose plan of operation has received the merited 
endorsement of the community at large. 

The bank occupies offices in its splendid five-story building, 
78x9(1, situated at thecornerof Washington avenue and Twenty- 
fourth street, and fitted up in elegant and costly style, arranged 
with a special view to facilitate the proper and rapid trans- 
acti<m of their extensive business, which reaches to all parts of 
the United Slates and Europe. 

A general banking business is conducted, exchanges and 
letters of credit are issued, loans made on good collateral, and 
discounts of first-class commercial paper. It has the largest 
list of deposits of any bank in the city, and corresponds with 
the very best banks of the country. 

Mr. Peery, the president, is a found banker and financier, 
whose guidance has secured to the bank a career of uniform 



success, one that reflects the highest credit on his abilities and 
methods. Mr. Pingree, the cashier, was choEen to fill that im- 
portant position in consequence of his extended experience and 
well-known competency; and the directory, made up of men 
too well known to require more than the citation of their nan-es, 
complete an official board of surpassing excelletce. The bank 
has won the confidence and esteem of the corporations, com- 
panies and merchants of the city, and is looked upon by all 
who have occasion to transact business with it as well deserv- 
ing of patronage. 



W FARE & CO. 

In every community there are men whose enterprise, 
activity of mind and strong business talents bring them into 
prominence — men in whose hands a branch of buEinefs ordi- 
narily commonplace is built up and managed with such skill 
that it assumes a prominent position in the meicantile history 
of a city. Such men and such business is that of W. Farr & 
Co., whose present enterprise was established about two yeais 
ago, and by prudent management and a thorough practical 
knowledge of the business has been brought to its present 
large and growing proportions. Farr & Co. are located at 346 
Twenty-fourth street, where he carries a heavy stock of flour, 
grain, hay and feed, which is offered at bed rock prices, and also 
makes a specialty of car load lots. The average amount of 
business done by this firm is fifty thousand dollars a year 
which necessitates the assistance of four employees, and their 
business extends through Utah, Nevada and Idaho, and to-day 
they rank as one of the leading firms in their line, and have 
gained a reputation of being a fiim who deals fairly and justly 
with all their patrons. Mr. Farr is one of Ogden's pioneers, 
having resided here twenty-nine years, and is well and favor- 
ably known throughout the city and Territory. 



STAFFORD, MILLER & CO. 

The house of Stafford, Miller & Co., dealers in harness, sad- 
dles, etc., maintains the highest standard of excellence in its 
manufactures, and a reputation for liberality and fair dealing 
of the highest possible character. The premises occupied con- 
sists of two floors at iil5U Washington avenue, each 25x100 feet 
in dimensions, equipped in every respect for the satisfactory 
prosecution of the business. 

The firm, which consists of F. Stafford, R. T. Miller and P. 
Hoop, succeeded to the business of the Ogden Saddlery and 
Harness Manufacturing Company, April '2(Jth, 18'Jl, and at once 
completed operations for an increase in volume and extent of 
operations. They carry large and selected invoices of har- 
ness, saddlery, whips, blankets, horse goods, etc., and give 
special attention to the making of goods to order. They use 
only the best qualities of stock in their lines, devoting particular 
care to the work, employing only the most experienced and 
competent operatives, ancl warrant their products as among the 
best obtainable in the markets of the world. They do a large 
and steadily increasing trade throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyo- 
ming, and are well known as exceptionally deserving of the 
public confidence and patronage. 



JOS. WALLACE. 

The drug establishment of Joseph Wallace was founded 
about one year ago by Mr. Wallace, who possesses in a marked 
degree all the qualifications neeeteaiy for the conduct of a suc- 
cessful enteiprise. Few men are more generally known 
throughout this Territory than he, being a native of Utah and 
having lived in the Teiriloiy all his life. The past eight yeais 
he has resided in Ogden, where he has seen the wonderfiil 
changes and transfoimatious that have been made in the city's 
growth and prosperity in that tin.e. Mr. Wallace is at present 
located at 2349 Washington avenue, in the retail drug business, 
at which place can be found a line of puie diugs, also perfiim- 
eiy and toilet aitieles. All prescriptions entrusted to him will 
be carefully compounded. 

Mr. Wallace has resided for so many yeais in this city, and 
is to well and generally known thioughout the Territoiy, that 
he needs no ccmmendation. Anyone needing puie diugs or 
chemicals, diuggists' sundries, etc., will be well served by 
calling at his place of business as above designated. 




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T. E. FITZGERALD. 



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Mr T E Fitzaeralil one of t>;,'(leirs prominent and inlliien 
oitizsna,' wnsborn at New Laxiufrtou. IVrry coiinfy, Ohio, aii.l 
is forty-four vears of age. He wa.s raised a farmer biy, and 
edu-ated in the schoils of his native town. M the age of 
tweiity-ttiree he learned the butclier l)a8ines^. and shortly after 
removed to Tole.Io, Ohio, whence althouRh he was successful 
in his und^rtakincr and made some money, lie removed to 
Louisville, Kentucky, and associated himself with the well- 
known lirm of Taylor >t Williams, in the capacity of traveling 
salesman. He is still connected with the same house. 

Mr Fitzgerald first settled in Utah during ISSO, and has 
resided in Ogden for the pnst twelve years, where he has not 
only gained the esteem and good will of the community, but 
has by his public spirit, liberal support and hearty endorse- 
ment of all efforts put forth for the advanoement of the city s 
material interests and 
general welfare, estab 
lished a deserved reputa- 
tion as a loyal and ster- 
liog citizen. He was 
elected to the imortant 
position he now holds, as 
police judge for the tust 
ward in February, 1H9\, 
because of his recognized 
ability, integrity, and 
wide-spread popularity, 
and his judicial career 
has been highly satisfac- 
tory to the public. He is 
a member of tlie Xorth- 
westen Conimerical Trav- 
elers Association, of Chi- 
cago, a member of the 
West Commercial Trav- 
elers Association, of St. 
Louis, and a member of 
No. Ifi. A. O. I'. W. He 
has a high standing in all 
of these organizations 
and takes an active part 
in their movements and 
workings. I'ersonally he 
is a man of prepossessing 
appearance, and his socia- 
ble nature and general 
manner creates for him 
a host of warm and cher- 
ished friends wherever 
he goes. 



riioTo DV Newcomb Hbos 



O. HANSON 

Among the leading 
tailoring establishments 
in the city of Ogden is 
that of Mr. O. Hanson, 
located at 2m Washing- 
ton avenue. The prem- 
ises occupy the ground 
floor of a substantial 
building l.'5x'25 feet in 
dimensions, the sales- 
room being handsomely 
fitted up and well ap- 
pointed. .\ branch establishment is located at 220 Twenty- 
fourth street. 

Mr. Hanson has been in business in Ogden for the past five 
and one-half years, and during that time by careful painstak- 
ing efforts has succeeded in Iniilding up a large and ever 
increasing patronage. A tine line of broadcloth, cassimeres, 
seasonable suitings in tweeds, meltons, cheviots, serges, diago- 
nals and vestings is carried in stock, from which the most 
fastidious cannot fail to make selections. Mr. Hanson is a 
practical cutter and fitter and personally superintends the 
make-up of every garment that leaves his establishment. 

Seven skilleil assistants are employed continuously in the 
various departments of work, and orders are promptly filled. 

Mr. Hanson is a native of Sweden, and came to this coun- 
try in 1K(V?. He is a proficient and experienced tailor, perfectly 
familiar with every phase of the business, and a genial, sociable 
gentleman who has popularized himself with all with whom he 
has dealings. 



W. KAY AND COMPANY. 

Tn writing of the advance and development of the city of 
Ogden with reference to commercial affairs, the wholesale pro- 
duce, fruit and grain business must always occupy a prominent 
position as a branch of mercantile pursuit, contributing in no 
small degree, to the commercial importance of the city. 

.Vmoug the houses whose extended transactions and high 
standing entitle them to special mention is that of W. Kay & 
Company, one of the largest establishments in the city. It was 
founded in 18M1, and has had a remarkably prosperous and 
successful career, its trade steadily increasing with each suc- 
ceeding year. The especial plan upon which this company 
operates, is to buy up produce from the farmers roundabout, 
load into cars and ship direct. Au immense amount of bus- 
iness is in this way carried on, which is by no means confined 
to Utah, but extends in its various relations all over Montana, 

Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, 
Nebraska, Colorado and 
California. The average 
sales per annum reach 
over 850,000, and four 
competent and experi- 
enced hands are con- 
stantly engaged in look- 
ing after the business of 
the house. The head- 
ijuarters of this concern 
are located at the corner 
of Washington avenue 
and Twenty-fifth street, 
where they have large 
and commodious office 
rooms, and through which 
the various operations of 
the company are carried 
on. 

Mr.Willard Kay is now 
the sole proprietor of this 
institution, and his untir- 
ing energy and thorough- 
going business c|ualitie8, 
together with a keen un- 
derstanding of the spe- 
cial requirements of the 
branch of enterprise in 
which he is engaged, has 
enabled him to gradually 
build up and enlarge his 
business, until now he is 
one of the largest prodnec 
dealers in this section of 
thecountry. He is one of 
Ogden's enterprising, go- 
a-head citizens, ever alive 
to the best interests of 
the city and Territory, 
a native of Utah, with 
an unwavering confidence 
in a wonderful growth 
and expansion of her 
commercial and indus- 
trial relations in the 
future. 




1. I'.. lll/.i;i-;it.\I.l). 



OGDEN MILLING & ELEVATOR CO. 

The llDUring mill industrv of Utah is quite as important a 
branch of business, as any of the manifold interests to winch her 
varied resources give birth. The Odgen Milling & Elevator 
Co., is among the leading concerns in its line in the Territory. 
The company was incorporated in 1888, with James Mack, 
president ; .Joseph Clark, manager and S. H. Higginbotham, 
secretary and treasurer. It controls three large mills with a 
total capacity of five hundred barrels per day, and does a busi- 
ness extending all over Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Mon- 
tana and Texas. . . 

The Ph.cnix Mill, the largest of the plant, is a six-story 
building with facilities of the most expensive modem character 
for rapid and large production, which is operated by water 
power, is complete in the minutest detail. The two remaining 
mills, the "Advance," and the "Taylor." are respectively 
four and five-story buildings equally well equipped; also 



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operated by water-power. The Advance^ was the first mill in 
Xorthera Utah provided with the stone grinding process, the 
stoae used being quarried in the mountains of Utah. 

The compauy manufactures aud deals iu tiae grades of 
patent hour, bran, shorts, grain, rye-Hour, rolled oats, graham, 
hominy, corn meal, gerniade, cracked wheat, chicken teed, etc., 
particular attention being paid to special lines in which an 
extensive trade is done, and which are known under the follow- 
ing brands: "High Patent Victor," "Gilt Edge," "Hold Medal," 
"Good Luck," "Snow Ball." and "Fancy." 

Two hundred thousand dollars are invested in the business, 
sixteen experienced men are constantly employed. 

The members of the firm are all highly proficient in their 
line of business, aud thoroughly practical, occupying an envia- 
ble position among the business men of Odgen, and highly 
respected and esteemed as citizens. 

The officers are as follows: .lames Mack, who built aud 
owned several of the first mills erected in Northern Utah, is 
president; Joseph Clark 
who built the first steam 
Hour mill in the Terri- 
tory, is manager; and J. 
W. Abbott, secretary and 
treasurer, and the capi- 
tal stock is as above, the 
largest, part of which is 
held by these gentlemen. 

The Ogden Milling 
& Elevator Company is 
classed among the lead- 
ing concerns of Utah, 
aud the energetic push- 
ing disposition of its 
officers promises a main- 
tenence of its present 
advanced position. 



recognized as one of the best qualified men in the profession 
in this part of the country. 

He is a genial aud courteous gentleman, well liked by all 
with whom lie comes in contact, and respected and esteemed in 
both business and social circles. 




W. M. CLARK. 

It is of paramount 
concern to the public 
that those who are en- 
gaged iu the drug bus- 
iness should be highly 
qualiti-d in their pro- 
fession, and offer for 
sale nothing but the 
very pure.st and fresh- 
est medicines. Lives 
.)ften depend upon the 
virtues aud remedial 
properties (jf articles 
contained iu prescrip- 
tions which the drug- 
gist must fill, the bene- 
ficial effects of which 
depend largely upon the 
strength and purity of 
the ingredients. The 
citizens of Ogden have 
in the pharmacy of W. 
M. Clark, located at -242 
Twenty-fifth street, an 
establishment that ful- 
fills all the requirements 
of a first-class service of 
its kind. 

Mr. Clark is a highly qualified pharmaceutist, and has had 
years of experience in the busmess. His present establishment 
was opened in August, 1891, and has since been the base of 
supplies tor a large and prosperous trade. 

The premises occupied consist of a large brick building, 
fitted up with every convenience and arrangement for ade- 
quately meeting the demands of the trade. Every article 
included in the stock of a first-class drag bouse will be found 
there, and patrons can always depend upou having their pre- 
scriptions filled promptly and accurately. 

Mr. Clark came to Ogden from Burlington, Iowa, aud was 
for four and one-half years engaged as manager at Wm. Driver 
ct Sons large establishment. He was also connected with the 
Godbie Pitts Drug Company, of Salt Lake City, tor five aud 
one-half years before engaging in business for liimselt. His 
schooling has been thorough and comprehensive, and he is 



W.M. H. TURNER, Jlnyor of O^'den 



HON. WM. H. TURNEH. 

The highest municipal office of the city, viz: the mayordlty 
is ably and satisfactorily filled by Hon. William H. Turner, a 
native of England, who came to this country in 1867. 

lie received his early education in the schools of England, 
and after coming to America remained at the city of New 
York about a year, then moved westward to Cheyenne,Wyoming, 
where he entered the employ of the Union Pacific railroad, con- 
tinning in the employ- 
ment of that corporation 
for a year or two. thence 
removing to Corinne, 
Utah, in the company of 
Geo. A. Lowe. He re- 
mained at the latter city 
from 1870 to 1879, when 
he came to the city of 
Ogden. This was about 
the time the Utah & 
Northern railroad was 
in course of construc- 
tion, and Ogden was the 
most prominent point 
on the lice. Fully rec- 
ognizing the possibili- 
ties of the city as a com- 
ing commercial and in- 
dustrial eeu'er of the 
West, Mr. Turner deter- 
mined to settle perman- 
ently in Ogden, and ac- 
cordingly engaged in 
the service of (ieo. A. 
Lowe, in the agricul- 
tural implement busi- 
ness, one of the largest 
concerns of the kind iu 
the Territory, of which 
he soon became mana- 
ger. This important 
position he continued to 
fill until April, 1891, 
when he was elected to 
the office of mavor of 
the city, which office he 
now fills, with a quality 
of ability and fidelity 
not only acceptable to 
his constituents, but 
such as to insure for 
him a high place in the 
esteem and good will of 
all worthy citi-.ens. 

Since Mr. Turner has 
assumed the grave re- 
sponsibility of his pres- 
ent incumbency, the 
city hap undergone ben- 
eficial changes that may 
be attributed to the wise policy he has inaugurated. 

Mr. Turner is a firm believer in the virtues and advantages 
of fraternal organizations, and lends his sanction and support to 
as many as his limited time will permit. He is Past Grand 
Warden of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, Grand Treasurer ot 
the Grand Lodge of Utah, also (i rand Treasurer ot the Grand 
Encamnment of Utah. He has also been an active member of 
A. O. U. W., for the past ten years, having rilled every office iu 
the subordinate lodge, aud is present chairman ot the finance 
committee ot the (Irand Lodge. For ten years he has been an 
active and valuable member of the K. ot P., during which time 
he has filled every office in the subordinate lodge. He has also 
lieen a member of common council, to which he has been 
repeatedly returned; is a republican in national politics, and 
was elected to the office of mayor of the city, on the Citizens 
ticket. 




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WASHINGTON JENKINS. 

Mr. Washington Jenkins, located at Koom 68, First National 
Hank building, is conceded to be one of the most accomplished 
of surveyors. He is the successor to Uavid ■Jenkins, who estab- 
lished the business in 1850. The present incumbent began 
operations in 1H81, though engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession several years i)revious, and has, since succeeding to his 
father's patronage, maintained the reputation the latter ac- 
quired. Mr. Jenkins has had a large experience 
in laying out and subdividing town sites, in draw- 
ing plans for their improvement, also plans and 
speoitieatious for water works, sewerage, foundations, and 
other descriptions of engineering work for patrons located 
all over the Territory of I'tah, also for some in Idaho and 
Wyoming. He makes a specialty of land surveying, examining 
titles, etc., and is prepared to execute promptly and satisfac- 
torily all work of this character entrusted to him. 

Mr. Jenkins tilled the important ollice of county surveyor of 
Weber county from 1882 to 188'.), and discharged the duties in 
a thorough and systematic manner, and to the entire satisfac- 
tion of the public and county officials. He is well and favorably 
known throughout this part of the country, and has succeeded 
in building up a substantial and desirable business. In the 
city of Ogden he stands high in business and social circles, and 
has gained the good will of all with whom he has come in con- 
tact. 



L. H. BECRAPT & COMPANY. 

Among the live, wide-awake and enterprising real estate 
firms of Ogden, is that of L. II. Becraft it Co., located at 2tU 
Washington avenue, in the Citizens' bank building. This firm 
is composed of L. H. Becraft and .1. C. Xye, and is probably the 
most extensive handlers of choice local and suburban property 
in Ogden, having listed on their books three of the best addi- 
tions to the city, besides numerous odd pieces of business and 
residence property. They operate principally in Oirden and 
Weber county (though they have for sale some excellent farms 
both improved and unimproved in various other parts of the 
Territory, and make a specialty of Lake View. Nob Hill and 
University Place additions, all located in sightly and well- 
drained districts: doing an extensive advertising business, and 
enjoying a well-deserved reputation for making quick sales for 
those desiring an immediate disposition of property. They also 
negotiate loans on mortgages, make collections and transact a 
general business in their lines. 

Mr. Becraft and ^Ir. Nye are both enterprising and go-ahead 
citizens, instituting and aiding all efforts to build up the city. 
They have eifected some very large and important deals, aud 
now have on hand prospective sales which, if consummated, 
will terminate to the financial benefit of both buyer and seller, 
as well as promote the interests of the city in general. 

Their contracts for handling property are both explicit, 
and liberal, and are conscientiously lived up to. 



GIBSON & SMUBTHWAITE. 

Of the many commercial aud mercantile enterprises forming 
the channel thraugh which the trade of cities Hows there are 
few if any having capacity for a wider scope and range than 
the general merchandise and produce business. ( )f those en- 
gaged in this line in this city one of the most prominent and 
influential establishments is that of (iibson & Smurthwaite. 

The enterprise was first established five years ago by Mr. 
n. E. (libsoD and on February first, 189u, Mr. C. .\. Smurth- 
waite was admitted into the business as co-partner. The com- 
prehensive knowledge of the requirements and responsibilities 
connected with this branch of commercial endeavor possessed 
by this firm, together with iheir straightforward manner of 
transacting business, has steadily increased their trade until it 
now amounts to one i|uart«r of a million dollars yearly, and 
extends throughout Idaho, Nevada, Washington, California, 
Colorado, Texas, New Mexico. Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. 

The business is wholesale produce, groceries, grain, seam- 
less burlap bags, twine, kerosene, linseed and machine oils, etc., 
at the same time making a specialty of alfalfa seed, grain, and 
all kinds of produce, in car-load lots, necessitating an average 
investment of thirty thousand dollars and requiring the assist- 
ance of five employees. 

The premises occupied by this firm consists of a three story 
brick building 5Usl50 feet in size, with a large and commo- 



dious basement all of which is admirably adapted to their 
needs. 

Mr, ( iibson ha.s been a resident of Ogden for twenty years, 
and stands high in the community, having served the city as a 
member of council and as a justice of the peace. Prior to 
removing to Ogden Mr. Smurthwaite was in the wholesale 
grocery business at Salt Lake. No firm in this Territory stands 
higher, aud none is more favorably known than Gibson A- 
Smurthwaite. 

THE LARKIN UNDERTAKING COMPANY. 

Among the undertakers and funeral directors of this city, 
the Larkin Undertaking Company will be found occupying a 
foremost position. 

The corporate members of the company have had a long 
and varied experience in their line of business, and understand 
perfectly the proper mode of directing funerals, according to 
the wishes of those who seek their services. The company was 
established in May 1887, and by close attention to the recjuire- 
ments of the service the company has become universally 
known and esteemed. 

A full and complete line of metallic, cement and hardwood 
caskets, and burial-cases, coffins, etc., are carried in stock, also 
uudertakers trimmings, artificial flowers, etc. Embalming and 
preparing bodies for shipment are made specialties, and every 
facility is at hand for the proper and appropriate execution of 
orders, etc. 

The premises occupied consist of a substantial brick build- 
ing 25x6.5 feet in dimension, and conveniently arranged and 
appointed. Three experienced assistants are employed, and 
orders are received from all portions of Utah, Idaho and 
Nevada. 

The individual members of the company G. W. Larkin 
and Chas. ,T. \. Lindquist, are intelligent and energetic gentle- 
men, courteous, attentive and polite, and independent of their 
business relations, are social and public spirited, taking a deep 
interest in Ogden and its present and future welfare, and ready 
to encourage any plan whereby its interests may be promoted. 

Mr. Larkin the senior member is forty-four years of age and 
a native of Cambridge. Eng. He came" to this country in 1863, 
is a graduate of the I'nited States College of Embalming, of 
New York, and has a wide practical experience. 



B. M. SHORT. 



Of the various enterprises that give character and standing 
to the metropolitan pretensions of the city of Ogden, there are 
none more worthy of favorable consideration at the hands of 
the public than the real-estate business; and the interests of 
that line of business in the city are in the hands of competent, 
thorough-going business men, who are energetic in their efforts 
to promote the city's welfare. Foremost among them will be 
found Mr. B. M. Short, investment banker andattorney-at-law, 
located at '2404 Washington avenue. Mr. Short opened his 
present office in .\pril, lS8I1,when the time was ripe for the city of 
Ogden to spring forward to a place of prominence among the rival 
mountain cities, and he has aided very materially in effecting 
the wonderful growth and prosperity which she has undergone 
during the past few years. He is a man of means himself, and 
has a confidential standing and wide acquaintance among the 
leading inve.stors of the East. This has enabled him to direct 
large amounts of outside capital to the city, as well as to induce 
Bottlers and newcomers to locate here. Mr. Short handles 
West Ogden addition, a spendid residence tract, situated in a 
high and sightly portion of the city, makiugit especially desira- 
ble for beautiful and comfortable homes. 

Besides this he has for sale other choice property in various 
parts of the city, as well as throughout Weber county. Having 
ing ample capital at his command he is enabled to take advan- 
tage of special offers, the benefit of which he in turn gives to 
his patrons, by at once replacing them upon the market at a 
small margiu. believing as he does in a rapid disposition of 
property at a reasonable profit. 

Mr. Short was director of the Chamber of Commerce, of 
Ogden, for over a year, and is now a director in the Real Estate 
Exchange, fast becoming an institution of importance. He is 
also prominently connected with other leading public-spirited 
enterprises designed to build up the city and promote the 
general welfare of its citizens. 

Mr. Short is not only a thoroughly conscientious business 
min, but courteous and affable in all relations, both business 
and social, and well deserving of the confidence and esteem the 
pnblic repose in him. 



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he made exteusive improvements and enlargeil the hiiililing, 
tittiut; it up for mercantile purposes, since when it has been 
leased to a leading business interest of this city. 

From tliat time until the present Mr. Woodmaneee has de- 
voted hit^ time almiist e.xclusively to the improvement of his 
farms, culture of fruits, etc., an industry, wliich under his 
ssillful care and management, have ^ro^^'" *" he hi^jlily remu- 
nerative and a source of inestiuuihle pride and satisfaction. 
Mr. VVooilmansee owns considerable valuable city property, 
both business and residence, and his great faith in the future 
possibilities of Utah and especially ();jden City, has been 
made apparent in his willingness to aid such piiblic spirited 
movements as are likely to bring about the material growth 
and prosperity to which the vigorous development of the sur- 
rounding country unquestionably points. In the past as in 
the present Mr. \Vot)duuiusee has ever exhibited a progressive 
spirit, and broad and liberal views, with whatever enterprise or 
project he identities him- 
self. As a citizen he is 
loyal, sterling and public 
spiriteil, and withal a 
thorough-going business 
man, sagacious and yet 
fair and upright in all 
transactions. 

To the integrity and 
honest purpose of such 
men Ogden owes her pres- 
ent advanced position of 
wealth, population and in- 
telligence, and it will be 
due to this same enter- 
prising and go-ahead class 
of citizens that she forges 
ahead in the future to the 
high position she right- 
fully deserves, anujng the 
metropolitan cities of the 
country. 




RALPH P. HUNTER. 

ADyone taking into 
consideration the im- 
mense transactions be- 
tween buyers and sellers 
of real estate in this city 
cannot question the im- 
portance of the agent. 
One of the most reliable 
gentlemen engaged in 
this line of enterprise is 
Kalph P. Hunter, of 24U 
Washington avenue, who 
established himself in this 
city in 1S88, and by his 
fair dealings and strict 
business integrity he has 
placed himself iu the front 
rank, lie makes a spec- 
ialty of loaning money on 
all kinds of real estate 
security, and is doing 
a large business iu this 
line. He also has the 
exclusive sale of a very large number of choice pieces of inside 
properties; also in a number of highly improved farms situated 
iu Weber, Davis, lioxelder, ^lorgan and Rich counties. 

Mr. Hunter is secretary of the Plymouth Kock Building, 
Loan .t Savings Association of Ogden, and of the People's 
Uuildiug, Loan it Savings Association of ( lenf-va. New Yoik. 
He is also agent for some of the most reliable insurance com- 
panies in the East, among which may be mentioned the Mer- 
chanls, Newark, New Hampshire; Jersey City ITnion, United 
States, etc., and local agent for the Lombard Investment Com- 
pany, of Kansas City, Missouri, through all of which he has 
facilities for furnishing money iu large or email amounts at 
short notice. 

In both social and business affairs Mr. Hunter well deserves 
the honor and respect accorded him, possessing, as be does, 
those qualities which go to make up a cultured, intelligent and 
boDorable busineBS man. 



HON.'DAVIU.KVANB, Pr«s"t Ogden Chamber of Commerce. 
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DAVID EVANS. 

Mr. David Evans, the subject of this sketch, furnishes an em- 
inent example of the thoroughgoing and progressive class of 
men who have tigured prominently in Utah's jirogress f rom a 
primitive, undeveloped Territory into a modern and highly or- 
ganized modernized community. 

Mr. Kvans was born in the city of Lehi, Utah county, Utah, 
and is thirty-nine years old. The city was then scarcely a vil- 
lage—only a hamlet. Mr. Kvans was in fact the first boy born 
to that vicinity. He was raised on a farm and received his 
early education in the district schools, the educational facilities 
of the county then being, as may well be imagined, crude and 
imperfect. Jiut they were the best to be had in those days and 
were really as good as in most other portions of the Territory. 
He worked on his father's farm during farming season and at 
tended school during the winter, following this plan until 

seventeen years of age. 
-About this time many 
promising mineral dis- 
coveries were being made 
at Tintic, and Mr. Kvans, 
though but a mere boy, 
concluded to visit the 
Tintic district and "try 
his luck." He first visited 
Ilomansville, Tintic, 
where he hired out as a 
laborer in the construc- 
tion of a large smelter 
then in progrees of build- 
ing at that place. Re- 
maining at such employ- 
ment tor a time, he next 
commenced prospecting 
and general mining on his 
own hook. He located 
and worked a number of 
good mining claims, but 
owing to his inexperience 
and lack of means it nec- 
essarily proved up hill 
work. Being ambitious 
and persistent by nature 
however, he never lost 
courage, and after two 
years of unrewarded exer- 
tion, shifted his occupa- 
tion with the intention of 
returning to his claims as 
soon as he had aojuired 
sutlicient funds for the 
purpose. For the follow- 
ing two years he had 
charge of a saw and shin- 
gle mill in Southern 
Utah, at the same time 
burning charcoal for 
smelting purposes. A 
noteworthy incident oc- 
curring to him while en- 
gaged in these capacities, 
was the capture of .John 
U. Lee, leader of the as- 
sailing party at Mountain 
Meadows. 
1 laving saved some 



little money out of his earnings while in Southern Utah, he 
made a trip through the Eastern and Southern States, ^-isiting 
the principal citits of the country on his way, and arriv- 
ing in Philadelphia during the great Centennial. He soon 
returned to Utah, however, and engaged for a time in the 
fornariiirg and t(nmifti(n busineis. iu the town of York, at 
that timethe ttimiLusof the old Utah Central Railway. Never 
satielied with ordinary success, however, and having long been 
pcesesfed of a desire to gain a more thorough eduiatiin, with 
the special view of at quiriig a kLowledge of law, he went out 
of the commission business, and frcm that time until 18711 at- 
tended the Brgham Young Academy at Provo, part of the year, 
teaching school .lud studying law the balance,fin8lly obtaining 
admisEicn to the bar. In IbbO and '81 he studied law in Judge 
lloge's cflice at Salt Lake City, and succeeded in building up 
quite a practice. 

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Leah Naegle of Lehi, and shortly afterward moved with his 
wife to Provo, where he opened a law office, and built up a 
large practice. He continued in business in Provo until 1884 
when being desirous of acquiring a more thorough and com- 
prehensive knowledge of his chosen profession he spent two 
years in the law department of Ann Arbor College at Ann 
Arbor, Michigan, returning to Provo in 1886, where be im- 
mediately formed a law partnership with S. B. Thurman, 
and so continued until 1890, when realizing greater pos- 
sibilities for the exercise of his legal talents Mr. Evans 
removed to Ogden, and formed a law partnership with L. R- 
Rogers, under the firm name of Evans & Rogers, which already 
commands as large and profitable a practice as any law firm 
in the Territory. 

While at Provo in 1888 Mr. Evans was tendered the position 
of probate judge under President Cleveland, but owing to his 
large interests in private practice he declined the position, 
yet for four years he 
held the position of U. 
S. Attorney for Utah, 
and his surpassing com- 
petency as an able and 
efiicient lawyer was es- 
pecially manifest during 
bis term of office in that 
capacity. The coiifts 
were full of important 
and arduous cases and 
the work which fell 
upon Mr. Evans' shoul- 
ders was infinitely re- 
sponsible, but the thor- 
ough and satisfactory 
manner in which he 
discharged the duties of 
the office, established 
for him a widespread 
reputation among the 
people of the Territory. 
Among the important 
and intricate cases in 
which he was retained 
as counsel while prac- 
ticing at Provo, mention 
must be made of the 
celebrated Bullion- 
Beck, Eureka mining 
case wherein he ap- 
peared as one of the 
attorneys for the defen- 
dant. The case was 
tried at Provo and Og- 
den in 1885, and in- 
volved property valued 
at millions, the trial ex- 
tending over a period of 
three months. He was 
also associated with the 
prosecution in the case 
of the People vs. Pierce, 
tried at Provo on a 
charge of murder. 

Mr. Evans tells as an 
amusing incident of his 
public career, that his 
first fee as an attorney 
amounted to twenty-five 



upright principles, ever ready and willing to aid and encourage 
all meritorious efforts put forth to further and promote the in- 
terests of his chosen city. 

Mr. Evans is now President of the Ogden Chamber" of 
Commerce and one of the most active workers and valuable 
members of that important body. He takes a deep interest in 
all that pertains to the worthy objects for which the Chamber 
was designed, and is untiring in his efforts to carry them out to 
the fullest extent. 



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cents, not payable incoin,but placed to his credit in a water ditch 
company. The case involved the title of a cow and terminated 
in his client's favor. It was in Mr. Evans' eyes at that time quite 
a victory. His second fee was from a merchant for collecting 
an important account, and the remuneration for hie valuable 
services was a pair of suspenders valued at seventy-five cents. 
The following two years witnessed a remarkable transition in 
Mr. Evans life, for he was then connected with some of the 
mo.st weighty cases ever brought into the courts of Utah. 

Ilis public career has been marked by increased aetivitj'. 
There is probably no man of his age who has tried more law 
suits, and acquitted himself with greater honor and success. 
He is a member of the Legislative Council and hastaken active 
part in most every public spirited movement, which has for its 
object the development and advancement of the city of Ogden 
and the Territory of Utah. 

He is an enterprising go-a-bead citizen and a man of sound. 



THOS. D. DEE. 

Thomas Dnncombe Dee was born in Llanelly, South Wales, 
November 10, 1844. He migrated to Utah iu 18G0, and settled 
in Ogden, where all his interest.^ and business ventures have 
since been centered, where after reaching maturity, he became 

prominently identified 
with commercial enter- 
prises, and met with 
gratifying and abun- 
dant success. 

In 1S70 he was elected 
school trustee for the 
third school district of 
Ogden city and served 
for six years, when the 
district was consolidat- 
ed with the other Og- 
den districts. In 1877 
he was appointed by the 
city council assessor and 
collector of Ogden city, 
and reappointed in 1878. 
In t'eb., '79, elected as- 
Fessor for two years, the 
law having been amend- 
ed, making the office 
elective, and again in 
1881 and 1883, filling 
the position in all eight 
years. Iu the latter year 
Ogden purchased a con- 
trolling interest in tbe 
Ogden Water Co., and 
appointed Thomas I). 
Dee, one of its repre- 
sentatives iu the board 
of directors of tbe com- 
pany, E. H. Orth.W. N. 
Orton and Joseph Stan- 
ford, representing tbe 
company interests; 
Messrs. Dee and Orth 
having charge of tbe 
practical operations of 
the company. 

In a year the company 
established a water sys- 
tem at a cost of about 
8 6.^,000, laid eleven 
miles of mains, con- 
structed two reservoirs, 
the water from which 
supplies two hundred 
and fifteen taps, three 
motors, two railways, 
thirty-four fire hydrants, five drinking fountains and (wo horse 
troughs, producing a revenue of S8,0C0 per annum. 

At the August election 1883, Mr. Dee was elected juttice of 
the peace of Ogden precinct, re-elected in 1885, also in 1887, at 
the same time serving as aldeiman for the fourth municipal 
ward of Ogden. 

During these four years he cfficiated as police judge. He 
was also a member of the committees of the council on munic- 
ipal laws, water supply, fire depaitment and public land, and 
a mf mber of the building conmittee under whcse direction the 
present magnificent city hall was erected and furnished. 

In 1890 the legislature of the Territory amended the echcoi 
law so that cities of the second class ccnetitntf d respectively 
one school district to be controllfd by a boaid of education, 
consisting of the mayor and five trustees to be elected by the 
voters of each city. L Ogden city, beiDg of the second class, held 




THOMAS D. DEE. 








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its'eleotiou in July, 1S90, and Mr. Dd9 was eleoteJ a msmbsr of 
eaid board, wliicli position he still oocnpies. 

In February 1891, Mr. Dee was elected a member of the city 
council for the ensuing two years. He is chairman of the 
oouioiitte on streets, member of the ooinmittee on municipal 
laws and chairman on the committee of sewers. 

The discharge of all duties devolviun upin Mr. Dse in his 
respective official po3itions has been characterized by marked 
executive ability and conscientious unbiased judgment. Dur- 
ing his public career, which necessarily brought him in close 
contact with nearly all the citizens of this community, he 
acquired a host of warm and cherished friends and intimate 
acquaintances, and is looked up to as a man of sterling integrity, 
possessed of broad and liberal ideas. 

He is connected with several leading private corporations, 
being secretary and treasurer of the Eccles Lumber Co., director 
of the Oregon Lumber Co., vice-president of the Equitable Co- 
operative Association, 
and director of the Utah 
Loan & Trust Co. In 
each of these industrial 
enterprises lie has been 
instrumental in build- 
ing them up to the ad- 
vanced position they 
now sustain among the 
commercial institutions 
of the city. He is also 
one of the founders of 
that substantial and 
magniticeut structure, 
the L'tah Loan & Trust 
Co. building, erected by 
the Ogden Investment 
Co. 

Mr.Dee is the possessor 
of B rare combination 
of admirable character- 
istics and a well-bal- 
anced mind. He com- 
menced his public life 
with self-reliance, 
eageroess of purpose 
and a determination to 
succeed. He thinks 
with thoroughness and 
rapidity, and assures 
himself that the ground 
IS tirm before he will 
put a foot down upon 
and trust himself to it, 
then he acts with de- 
cision and promptness. 
He IS reliable and thor- 
ough, and a man whose 
opinion can be trusted 
iu critical cases, for he 
thinks before he speaks. 
Yet there is life and 
sparkle and tire about 
bim;and he delights in a 
good joke, and to tell a 
good story. He is kind, 
affectionate, generous 
and whole-souled, very 
companionable and, 
posessed of a large fund 



msat are a standinir proof of their excellent taste, sound judg 
ment, and conscientious care. Their average business is quoted 
at 82.5,01)0 annually. 

The firm consists of Herman and Max Lichenfield, both 
born in Uermany. Herman having been in this country 
eight years, and Max twelve years. They are men of long ex- 
perience, coming from Omaha, Nebraska, to this city and where 
they have built up a large trade. Their place of business is 
situated at No. 2H5(; Grant avenue in a two-story brick, twenty- 
five feet iu width by sixty feet in depth. 

Personally they are modest unassuming gentlemen, possess- 
ing that push and energy characteristic of saocessful Western 
merchants. 



JOHN McMANIS. 



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of information which makes his society always pleasant and 
profitable. 

Such a man is the subjest of this sketch — one of the founders 
of this beautiful city, and of this rich and growing common- 
wealth. 



TOUN McM.\NIS, Coancilman. 



in the old Connecticut 
town of Bridgeport, that 
the Hon. John McManis 
first gazed upon the 
beauties of this world. 
Although born a gen- 
uine blue-blooded Yan- 
kee, he is of Irish line- 
age, and it is to this 
combination, probably, 
that he owes those qual- 
ities which have made 
his life so successful — 
perservance, indomita- 
ble energy, business 
integrity and strict 
honor. 

At the age of four 
years Mr. McManis' 
parents moved from the 
place of his birth to Illi- 
nois, and settled in the 
little town of Dunleith, 
Jo Daviess county. The 
boy attended the public 
schools of the village 
until he was fifteen 
years old, when he re- 
solved to strike out for 
himself and make his 
own way in the world. 
He chose to take up 
railroading, and was 
fortunate enough very 
soon to secure a position 
as brakeman on a Du- 
buque & Sioux City 
freight train, which po- 
sition he held until 1870 
— four years — when the 
great possibilities of 
life in the far West at- 
tracted him strongly 
and he resolved to take 
HoraceGreeley's advice. 
Acting upon this deter- 
mination, he soon found 
himself west of the Mis- 
souri river, and it was 
not long thereafter until 
he secured a position as 



LICHENFIELD BROS. 

Liohenfield Bros, the popular tailors comaisnasd business 
in this city in IMi aal have ttlr3ady besoms the rapresantative 
head quarters for the finest class of custom m'ide garments. 
Tue parlors are elegantly stosSed with an endless variety of 
impjrted and domestic fabrics of every possible design which 
are made up in the most fashionable styles. Their skill as 
oorreot and stylish designers is proverbial, and they employ ten 
of the mjstoonpetent aud experienoei workman, ao that in fit, 
fiaiah and workmanship all Karmaata leaving their establish- 



brakeman on the Union Pacific'' Railroad, his run being from 
North Platte to Cheyenne. In 1871 he went to Denverand took 
a similar position on the Denver & Rio Grande, running be- 
tween Denver and Colorado Springs. 

In June, 1872, Mr. McManis determined to cross the Rocky 
Mountains, and, consequently, a few days afterward found him 
in Ogden, where his life in the real West began. He remained 
here in Ogden for some time, and just as he had made up his 
mind to go to California, the position of fireman on the Central 
Pacific Railroad was offered him which he accepted, retaining 
his run between 0(?den and Terrace until the fall of 1872. He 
then went to braking on a Union Pacific passenger train 
between Ogddu aud Green river. Eirly in 187-} he was 
promoted to train baggageman with a run between Ogden 
and Cheyenne. In October, 1874, he was placed in charge ofa 
freight train running between O^deu and Green river which 
position ho held until November, 18S2, when he was transferred 



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to the Oregon Short Line in the same capacity. la 1883 his 
steady and faithful services won him another promotion, and he 
was tandered the position of passenger conductor to run between 
Green river and Hautiugtou, one of the longest and most 
responsible runs in the West. This position he held without 
interruption until he resigned, March 27, 1890, to engage in 
mercantile business. He especially prides himself upon his 
record as a railroad man, he never having had the slightest 
accident to a train under his charge, and having always been 
in gO)d sta'idiaj. His record is registered as .11 with the 
company in whose employ he remained for so many years. 

In 1879, whilaa freight conductor on the Oregon Short Line, 
and living at Evanston, Wyoming, Mr. M'3Manis was elected a 
member of the Territorial legislature on the democratic ticket 
from Uintah couoty, receiving a majority of 350 votes of a total 
vote of 900. He served through his term with distinction, 
having advocated and voted for many of the most important 
measures of that ses- 
sion. 

In 1882 he was the 
democratic candidate 
for sheriff of Uintah 
county, but was defeated 
by a majority of about 
fifty in a total vote of 
900. 

In the fall of 1882 Mr. 
MoManis moved to Og- 
den, and made this city 
his headquarters, where 
he has resided ever 
since. On February 7, 

1890, even before his 
resignation as railway 
conductor had been ac- 
cepted by the company, 
Mr. McManis, in com- 
pany with his brother, 
Joseph McManis, and 
B. F. Livingston, both 
former Union Pacific 
conductors, engaged in 
the wholesale and retail 
liquor and oigar busi- 
ness. The business 
prospered, and early in 
the spring of 1891 the 
McManis Bros, bought 
the entire business, and 
since then it has grown 
to large proportions. 
Wishing toeularge their 
business the brothers 
openeil, ou October 1(1, 

1891, the bar in the New 
Reed hotel, and placed 
in it the finest furniture 
and fixtures to be found 
anywhere West of tbe 
Missouri river. The 
place is an airy dream 
of beauty, and the pro- 
prietors can well feel 
proud of it. 

On September 2. 
1878, Mr. McManis 
married Miss Mary A. 
Whalen, the daughter of a wealthy Wyoming ranchman, and a 
most estimable lady. Two beautiful children have blessed their 
union, one, a girl that has most remarkable musical talent, 
which tbe parents take pride in cultivating ; the other, a boy of 
bright promise. 

In the municipal election of the spring of 1891, Mr. McManis 
was elected councilman from the first ward, and in that body 
has made for himself a record as a progressive, far-seeing city 
legislator second to none. He is a member of the sanitary, 
water and fire committees, and also of tlie police commission, 
and in all his work, either in committee or in council, seems to 
be only guided by the one idea of doing what is for the best 
interests of the city. He is slow and careful in making up his 
mind, but when once he settles a question to his own satisfac- 
tion he makes a strong fight for what he believes to be right. 
In all his work he has represented the most intelligent and pro- 
gressive thought of the people. 




Photo by Newcomb Bros. H. W. SHURTLIFF, Councilman 



HASKELL W. SHURTLIFF. 

The youngest member of the city council, and one of its 
most active and influential workers, is Haskell W. Shurtliif, 
who was birn in this city October 27, 1862. His father, Haskell 
E. Shurtliff, is one of the oldest pioneers of Utah, and up to 
1876 one of the wealthiest and most prosperous merchants of 
the Territory. At that time, business reverses came and as a 
consequence the young man was thrown entirely upon his own 
resourc?s at the age of fourteen. Up to that time he had at- 
tended school for several years, acquiring as full a knowledge 
of the branches usually taught in public schools as the length 
of time would permit. Even at that early age the boy grasped 
the full meaning of the changed conditions surrounding him and 
bravely started out for himself. He engaged as a grocery clerk 
first, then as a drug clerk, and later engaged in several other 
lines of mercantile business. He saved his earnings and by 

judicious investments 
he counted his wealth 
by the thousands before 
he had attained the age 
of twenty -one. 

At about this time 
Mr. ShurtUff's natural 
liking for fine animals 
led him to purchase a 
ranch and stock it with 
blooded animals — 
horses, .Jersey cattle 
and fancy poultry — and 
as a breeder of thor- 
oughbred stock has he 
made the greater part 
of his fortune, and 
through this has he be- 
come widely known 
among thoroughbred 
stock men. Mr. Shurt- 
lifl's ranch has had a 
number of fast trotters 
and pacers with records 
down as low as 2:27, 
and he has now a num- 
ber of colts of exceed- 
ingly fine promise. He 
takes great pride in his 
stock, and his ranch is a 
model in its appoint- 
ments. Mr. ShurtlilV has 
also engaged to some 
extent in railroad con- 
tracting, he having 
built the whole of the 
Ogden and Hot Springs 
railroad. His business 
ventures have nearly all 
proven remarkably suc- 
c?ssful and to-day Mr. 
Shurtliff owns valu- 
able properties all over 
the city. 

September 22, 1886, 
Mr. Shurtliff married a 
San Francisco lady, 
Miss Emily Medina, a 
thoroughly educated, 
highly accomplished, 
talented and beautiful woman, and ever since, their home has 
been a place where cultured and especially musical people, 
find delightful entertainment. Mrs. Shurtliil is possessed of 
musical talent of a high order, is an expert performer upon 
several instruments and has a voice of wonderful sweetness 
and power. 

In February, 1891, the subject of this sketch was elected 
a member of the city council froa" the third ward. He was 
made chairman of the committee on lire department and it has 
been in his work on this committee that he has made his busi- 
ness ability and his appreciation of the needs of the city felt. 
When his term of office began, the fire department was a small, 
incomplete affair, with a very limited amount of apparatus, to- 
tally inadequate to the proper protection of the city. By his 
hard and persistent work in council, Mr. Shurtliff's recommenda- 
tions were adopted one by one, until now no city in the West 
has a more complete fire department than Ogden, as will be 




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seen by rending its despription on anotber pace. Mr. 
ShurtlitT is also a member of the committee on public buildintis 
and (jrounds. 

As ft councilman, Mr. Shurtliff is liberal, progressive and 
broad minded, yet careful and conscientious, doing every- 
tliintr be can to advance the material interests of the city. 
In liim the people have a most valual)le guardian of their in- 
terests, and tbecity an otlicial who looks to the future and has 
the courage to champion measures which tend toward 
building up of a coining metropolis. 



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HIRAM H. SPENCER. 

Hiram II. Spencer is one of the present members of the 
city coimcil, elected from the Second ward of Ogden, 
and of him it can be most truthfully said that 
he is en rapport with 
the most progressive 
and advanced thought 
as applied tothegoveru- 
meut of the city, and 
that his only object in 
accepting the nomina- 
tion to the office he now 
occupies was that he 
might advance the 
city's material interests 
by his influence and 
vote in passing much 
needed measures, and in 
counteracting the influ- 
ence of Mossbackism, 
which is the bane of any 
yonngand growing city. 
As occupying such an 
important place in the 
city government, a short 
sketch of his career will 
not be considered out of 
place and hence it is 
given below. 

Mr. Spencer was born 
at Hockingsport, 
Athens county, Ohio, 
Nov. '.25, 1851, where he 
passed the Hrst five 
years of bis life. His 
father was a general 
merchant, and also en- 
gaged extensively in the 
lumber business, and 
the boy was practically 
raised in a lumber office 
from the time he could 
walk. In 1857 bis par- 
ents moved to Meigs 
county, Ohio. The boy 
was precocious in his 
stndies and when his 
parents moved to Meigs 
county he entered the 
public schools of Keeds- 
ville, that county, and 
for nine years attended 
school at Keedeville 
and at Belleville, 
West Virginia, at the end of that time being a member of 
the high school grade. In ISCtj the family moved to C'attlets- 
burg. Kentucky, where young Spencer attended the Powell 
academy at that place for four years. Powell academy was 
considered at that time, and very justly too, the beet school in 
all that region. In ]87li. the young man grew weary of the 
parental restraint and of the close application of study, and ran 
away, when eighteen years of age. He engaged as clerk on a 
Kanawha river steamboat, but one year in that capacity was 
enough for him and he returned to his home and resumed his 
studies in the school which lie had deserted a year before. 
He remained in school for one year and left the institution six 
months before time for his gratluation in the classical course. 
When a little past twenty years of age, Mr. Spencer went 
into the lumber business on his own account, and was doing a 
line businets besides being engaged extensively in lumber 
spe<-ulation, when the great financial panic of 1878 came and 
he lost everything. Soon after this, on January 28, 187-}, he 




Photo by N«.'\vc<niib Iirub. H. II. til'K.NCEU, I'oujieilnmn. 



left Cincinnati for the West, his point of destination being the 
upper C'oluinbia river. He, however, stopped at Ogden, and 
his residence at this place dates from February J, 1871. On 
.7uly 1 he entered the employ of the (Jibson, Kccles .t ^'annoy 
Lumber Company and remained with them, and Gibson it 
Kccles, until 1880. f iibson A- Kccles then dissolved partner- 
ship and Mr. Spencer remained with Eccles in the same busi- 
ness, he having a one-sixth interest in the business as a silent 
partner, besides receiving a large falary, bis tborongh 
acquaintance with the lumber business making bis services 
very valuable. In 1883, Mr. Spencer, while still with the 
Eccles Lumber Company, engaged with Mr. Kccles in the 
cattle business in Idaho, under the firm name of Eccles, 
Spencer A- Co., Mr. Spencer Vjeing the manager of that business 
also. He remained at that business until I^Iay, 1884, when he 
opened a general mercantile and lumber business in Heaver 
Canon, Idaho, which businecs he is stiU interested in to-day. 

In 1887 Mr. Spencer en- 
gaged in the lumber 
business in North Pow- 
der, Oregon, associated 
with two other men, the 
firm name being Spen- 
cer, Ramsey it Hall. 
That business ran for 
two years when it was 
closed out and Mr. 
Spencer became a heavy 
stockholder in the Ore- 
gon Lumber Co., one of 
the heaviest companies 
on the coast. He has 
S10,00l) of stock in this 
company and it is 
quoted at 140 per cent. 
Mr. Spencer is also one- 
fifteenth owner of the 
Sumter Valley Railway, 
running from Baker 
City, Oregon to old Fort 
Sumter. This road was 
built chiefly to take 
care of the heavy lum- 
ber freighting interests 
of • )regon and is a good 
dividend payer. 

Mr. Spencer is known 
as one of Ogden's weal- 
thy citizens, snd that he 
is public spirited is 
shown by the large 
number of enterprises 
in which bo is interested 
as stockholder, director 
or ollicer. He is presi- 
dent of the Wa.satch 
Driving Park and Fair 
Association of Weber 
county and a director 
of the .Junction City 
Driving Park, a heavy 
stockholder and director 
in the Citizens'bank and 
is interested in nearly a 
dozen other enterprises, 
chief among which is the 
Eccles Lumber Com- 
pany, of which heis still managerand which is doing an immense 
l)nsines8, second to none in the Northwest. Mr. Spencer has 
been remarkably successful in business, and is an enterprising 
live citizen of Ogden. 

On December 31, 1876, Mr. Spencer was married to Miss 
Kflie Brown, of Ogden, a talented and educated lady, a member 
of one of the best and most highly esteemed families of the 
city. 

When Mr. Spencer was elected a member of the coun- 
cil in the spring of 181tl, he was made a member of the finance 
claims and street committees, three of the most important of 
all committees, and in bis work in each committee he has 
brought to his aid his business experience, sagacity and integ- 
rity together with an earnest desire to legislate for the best 
good of tbecity, present and future. He is not given to speech- 
making in the council chamber, but his vote is always cast, as 
he thoroughly believes to be right, and his strong influence is 
always iu the same direction. His long and Bnccessful busi- 



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ness career have given him a correct and keen insight into 
financial questions, and as a careful financier he is greatly 
esteemed by his conferees. 



ALBEBN^ALLEN. 

There are many men to-day installed in positions of public 
trust, who do cot toast of long year's of trying experience, or 
make any pretense to an eventful career, through Tvhicli they 
raised to the advanced and responsible pcsiticn they occupy, 
but who are nevertheless conscious that they have won the 
abiding confidence of the people, and bfen placed in ciBce 
through honorable and meritorious efforts, and repeated 
demonstrations of their ability and sterling integrity. We 
doubt if there is any city in this country that can numberamong 
its public incumbents, a more worthy and capable class of men 
than Ogden. We do not 
mean to panegerize un- 
duly, but taking as our 
guide meritorious and 
praiseworthy deeds and 
achievements, we are 
led to the assertion with 
scrupulous candor and 
unwavering truthful- 
ness. Among those 
whom we regard as 
worthy examples of Og- 
den's leading citizens, 
and who have by their 
faithful and conscien- 
tious efforts to subserve 
the best interests of the 
people, gained the es- 
teem and good will of 
the citizens of this com- 
munity, we are pleased 
to mention the name of 
Mr. Albern Allen, the 
present collector for 
Weber county. 

Mr. Allen was elected 
to the important and 
r3sponsible office he 
occupies in August, 
1889, and never before 
has the duties of that 
encumbency been per- 
formed more ably aud 
satisfactorily. The 

work that comes within 
the province of the coun- 
ty collector has wonder- 
fully augmented in 
Weber county during 
the past two years, and 
it is but meet to say that 
Mr. Allen has closely 
followed up and sup- 
plied the increased de- 
mands of his position so 
that at all times its 
operations move with 
unruffled precision. 

Mr.Allen is but thirty- p,^^^^ ^ Newcomb. 
seven years of age, and a 
native of Ogden. All his interests and ventures from earliest 
boyhood until the present time have been centered in this city, 
and he is on this account all the more deserving of consideration 
at our hands in treating of Utah's prominent and self-made men. 
His education was obtained m the public schools of this 
city. From 1874 until 1889 he was in the employ of the Union 
Pacific Bailroad. That he was esteemed and his services ap- 
preciated by that leading corporation is clearly proven by his 
protracted connection with it, which was only severed after 
being called to the larger and more important position of 
collector of this county. Mr. Allen has always held the 
respect and good will of the people of this community, aud since 
entering upon the discharge of his official duties has more than 
ever popularized himself with all with whom he came in con- 
tact. His genial manner and affable disposition, together with 
his careful and painstaking efforts to please all in the execution 
of his work, ensures for him the permanent high regard of 
those who have the power to place him in office. 



EEED HOTEL LIVERY STABLES. 

A first-class livery establishment cotducted in such a man- 
ner that the public can alwajs be assurtd of acccrcmcdaticn 
and proper attention, is one of the essentials of any town or 
city. The city of Ogden has in the concern of S. A. Ccppinger 
& Co. on Twenty-Sfth street, between Washington and Adams 
avenues, an institution of this character. Its horses and 
vehicles are always in first class condition, and the business is 
prosecuted on such a systematic basis that patrons can be 
supplied at any time during the day or night. 

The premises occupied consists of a large and spacious two- 
story building, arranged and equipped for the speedy transac- 
tion of business, and located to the rear of the Reed hotel, in 
the center of the city, and convenient to wholesale and retail 
houses, places of amusement, etc. Ample help is employed to 
look after the affairs of the concern, and Mr. Chas. D. Coppin- 

ger, the manager, is al- 
ways present to see that 
customers are treated 
courteously and in 
other ways to meet and 
merit the demands of a 
superior service. 

Mr. Coppinger is a 
genial gentleman, thor- 
oughly conversant with 
the details of the busi- 
ness in which he is en- 
gaged, and the success- 
ful and profitable trade 
he has already built up 
emphasize his well de- 
served popularity. 




ALBERN ALLEN, County Collector, 



OGDEN STEAM 
LAUNDRY CO. 

The Ogden Steam 
Laundry Co. is the 
largest institution of 
the kind in the city and 
one of the largest in the 
Territory. It is a cor- 
poration with a capital 
stock of 81*2,000- Mr. O. 
P. Henderehot is man- 
ager and O. A. Parm- 
ley, secretary and treas- 
urer. Business at this 
establishment is con- 
ducted on an immense 
scale, and the work 
turned out is first-class 
in every particular. 
The premises occupied 
is a large building .35xB0 
feet, located at 43 3 
Twenty-fifth street, 
equipped with the latest 
improved laundry ma- 
chinery — both Empire 
and Troy, with every 
facility put in for the 
proper and rapid execu- 
tion of work. An annual business amounting to over S 25,000 
is disposed of. 

The trade of the Ogden, is not confined to the city of Ogden. 
but extends all over Utah and Idaho, and the business is in- 
creasing daily. Twenty experienced laundry hands are given 
employment at the works, and the thorough system which has 
been inaugurated enables the company to turn out an astonish- 
ingly large amount of work each day. 

Mr. O. P. Hendershot is a business man of rare qualifica- 
tions, and is well known in the city as an honorable, upright 
and thorough-going citizen. Mr. Parmley is an expert and 
practical laundryman, and conducts the affairs of this leading 
institution to the entire satisfaction of the public and his as- 
sociates in business. He watches the operations closely, and 
uses every precaution to see that all work leaves the establish- 
ment in perfect condition. 




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JAMES A. CALVERT. 

James A. Culvert, who was elected a member of the city 
conneil from the Kiftb wanl.in February, ]8'.(], bae a life hietoiy 
which reads like a novel, and the incidents which he can give 
of life in .\viBtralia, the Sandwich islands, on the coasts of 
South America and Africa, to say nothing of years of ex- 
perience on the Pacitic coast, are interesting in the extreme. 
Mr. Calvert's father, tleorge Calvert, was a sea-faring man, and 
James A. was born on the briny deep. On December 1, 1852, 
Mr. Calvert first saw the light of this world, in a stateroom of 
the good ship " Nation's Hope," a merchantman, plying between 
Savannah Georgia, and British ports. His father was a citizen 
of the United States and hence he is a native-born American 
citizen, although at the time of his birth the log-book showed 
that tiie ship was less than one hundred miles off thelrifh 
coast, returning from a merchant trip to UHlfiist, Trnliinil. 
When on land his par- 
ents' home, until he was 
eight years of age, was 
Atlanta, Georgia, and 
there they made their 
nominal home until in 
1860 they moved to Co- 
lumbus, Ohio. But, un- 
til his parents moved to 
Columbus, young Cal- 
vert knew but little of 
land life, most of his 
time being spent on the 
sea with his father— his 
mother accompanying 
her husband on his voy- 
ages. 

When his parents 
moved to Columbus, 
James A. was sent to 
school, and at eighteen 
years of age graduated 
from the Columbus high 
school, at that time one 
of the best educational 
institutions in Northern 
Ohio. Immediately af- 
ter his graduation Mr. 
Calvert learned the 
trade of bricklayer, 
working as apprentice 
in Columbus for three 
years, or until he was 
twenty-one years of age. 
He then, in 1S7H, went 
to California, working at 
his trade there during 
the summers, and re- 
turning to Ohio during 
the winters for two 
years. In 1875 Mr. Cal- 
vert started for Aus- 
tralia, landing at Mel- 
bourne after a long voy- 
age. He worked at his 
trade in nearly every 
city of .Vustralia, and 
while not so employed 
traveled over nearly 
every section of that 
country, visiting the im- 
mense sheep ranches, the gold fields and seeing much of the 
then unexplored and wild regions of the interior. 

Four years of -Vustralian life was enough for him, however, 
and in 1H71) he started for the Sandwich islands, stopping at 
Xew Zealand for some time, where he again followed his trade, 
and also worked in the gold fields. Ueaching the Sandwich 
islands in the latter part of 187'.t, he stoppetl there for six 
months, his time there being occupie<l in the pursuit of his trade. 
Finally he wearied of foreign life and resolved to return to this 
country which he did, landing in San l-'rancisco in .July, 18,S(I, 
having been gone from his native land about five years. He 
almost imin'sdiately came to Oglen and, with the exception of 
the winter of 18S0-81 spent in Denver, has made this city his 
h )me ever since. When he came to Ogileu he commenced the 
business of contracting builder, and this business he is still 
engaged in. He has been successful in a marked degree in a 
financial sense, and has made a splendid record for himself as a 
conscientious, careful and thoroughly reliable builder. 




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Mr. Calvert was married in 1881 and four bright children, 
two boys and two girls, have come to bless a happy home. 

Mr. Calvert is a member of the council ccmmitteeson claims, 
streets and water supply, and in dealing with the questions 
and matters referred to these committees, displays the tame 
sound judgment which has made his business ventures 
successful. He is not a public speaker, is of a retiring disposi- 
tion, and his voice is rarely heard in the debates in council, but 
his vote is always on the side of progress aid in the intertsts of 
hie constituents. He is thoroughly honest and conscientious 
in all that he dtes, and his judgment upon matters of 
importance is rarely at fault. Mr. Calvert is a fiim believer 
in the future greatness of Ogden and his ideas of city legisla- 
lation take in the future as well as the present gccd of (be 
city. 



S. J. BURT & BROS. 

The fact that Ogden 
has attained a perman- 
ent supremacy in com- 
mercial affairs at the 
West, is greatly due to 
her leading merchants 
and business men. They 
have by untiring indus- 
try and a thorough 
knowledge of the re- 
quirements of the trade, 
enlarged their business 
and increased their fa- 
cilities until to-day the 
stores are stocked with 
the best classes of goods 
both domestic and for- 
eign, equal to those 
found in any city in the 
world. The firm of S. 
J. Burt & Bros., at 2437 
Washington avenue, a 
representative institu- 
tion of this character, 
is an old and well-known 
house, and has had a 
remarkably successful 
career. The business 
was established in 1883 
by Snyder A- Burt, con- 
tinuing for two years 
under the administra- 
tion when it was reor- 
ganized under the pres- 
ent firm name and title. 
The premises occu- 
pied consist of a large 
three-story brick build- 
ing and basement 
■JoxlOO feet in dimen- 
sions, located as above, 
and fitted up especially 
to facilitate the conven- 
ient and rapid transac- 
tion of business, every 
department being con- 
ducted on principles so 
well defined and sys- 
tematic, that the large 
number of customers who trade at the store daily, experience 
convenience, hospitality and polite attention in their purchases. 
The trade which amounts to over 8100,000 annually throughout 
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada, giv- 
ing employment to a large force of salesmen and assistants. A 
manufacturing and dress-making department conducted in 
connection with the store, occupying the entire third tloor, and 
a complete stock of dry goods, notions, trimmings, white goods, 
men's furnishings, fine slioes, etc.. will always be fnund on hand. 
The individual members of the firm are. S. J. Hurt, W. Ij. 
Hurt and Thos. G. Hurt, all young men of high superior 
business standing and ability, who have steadily iooreased 
the volume and importance of tlie business they now 
control from its inception. The firm, provided with ample 
capital and possessed of advantages for buying not ex- 
celled by any house in the country, is enabled to offer prices 
and terms to customers, that cannot be surpassed by any 
house in the Territory. 



JA.MKS .\. CALVEUT, Councihimn. 



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one of the lai'gest in the Territory, engaged in 
It was founded in 1871 by William Driver, and in 1880 his son, G. W- 



W. DRIVER & SON. 

In presenting for the 
consideration of our read- 
ers, both at home and 
abroad, historical and 
descriptive reviews of the 
resources and commer- 
cial enterprises of Utah, 
it is necessary and im- 
portant to select repre- 
sentative institutions and 
establishments, and to 
consider more particular- 
ly those whose success 
has made them conspicu- 
ous and gained for their 
proprietors positions in 
the mercantile history of 
the Territory. 

The character of busi- 
ness men is often mea- 
sured by their success, 
which to some extent, 
tends to maintain the 
reputation and impor- 
tance of the community 
of which they are mem- 
bers. 

The drug trade of Og- 
den, and in fact of any 
city, is one of the most 
important factors in its 
general make-up, and 
exercises an influence not 
out-measured by any 
other branch of trade, 
this line is that of Wm- 



The leading house in this city, and certainly 
Driver & Son, located at 24.i3 Washington avenue. 
Driver, entered as partner in the business. 

With regard to so well-known a house, but little can be said that is not already generally understood of its importance as a 
mercantile enterprise of this city, and beyond giving the plain facts, a detailed description is unnecessary. The premises oc- 
cupied is a large handsome three-story building and basement 26x96, all of which is devoted to the heavy and complete stock 
of this establishment. 

In regard to the building occupied, which is owned by Mr. Driver himself, it may be mentioned as a point worthy of note, 
that it was the first three-story structure ever built in the Territory, it being some seven years subsequent before any other 
three-story building was erected. 

The retail department 
occupies the entire 
ground floor, and is con- 
veniently and attractively 
arranged for the proper 
display of the immense 
lineof goods carried. The 
second and third floors 
are set apart for the 
wliolesale department of 
the business, which is one 
of the largest and most 
important branches, the 
trade extending all over 
^ Utah, Idaho, Wyoming 
a and Nevada. 

3 The basement is used 
^ for their comprehensive 
^ stock of liquors, wines, 
^ mineral waters, etc., a 
3 heavy stock of which is al- 
- ways on hand. Through- 
out this immense estab- 
lishment, the stock of 
drugs and medicines car- 
ried are fresh and pure, 
and constantly replen- 
ished. Eight skilled and 
experienced assistants are 
employed in the various 
departments of the enter- 
prise. The average capi- 
tal invested is .975,000, 
and an annual business of 
$200,000 is transacted. 





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Tlie line carried by tbis house embraues American auj 
roreiKD cliemiciils, proprietary aad patent medicines, pharma- 
ceutical preparations, together with the largest and most 
complete stock of druijs and drujj^iats" siiodries to be found in 
the Territory. Special attention is piid to prescriptions, none 
but highly proSjieit assistants being admitted to this depart- 
ment. 

aMt. (i. W. Driver, the business manager, is thirty-two years 
of age and was born in England. He came to this country early in 
life with his fatfier. He has grown up and been schooled in a 
thorough business alucatiou, and is highly qaalided aa a 



druggist. His personal time and attention is devoted to the 
enterprise, with which he is so pr<)minently identitied, and super- 
vises its affairs in a highly creditable manner. 

Mr. Wm. Driver, the senior member of the firm, is a man of 
m-itnre years and highly respected and esteemed in the business 
community. He was a member of the city council and is promi- 
nently conne3ted with sevenil public enterprises, devoted to the 
city's welfare. Both father and son are sterling citizens, and 
huve the future interests of the city of Ogden and Territory of 
Utah at heart, and are ever ready to support and encourage all 
pabliC'Spirited movamenta. 



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ROBERT C. liUNDY. 

Oae of the yoiiug, stirring-, active, level headed business 
mea whom the people of O^ien elected as their oonQoilmea in 
the spring of 1891, is Robert C. Liiiidy, who at that time had 
been identified prominently with O^den's business interests 
for.four years previous. Mr. Lundy was born on a farm near 
the little town of Nashville, Washington county, III., on Sep- 
tember 5, 18G0, where his parents lived until the boy was two 
and a half years old. At that time his father enlisted in the 
Thirteenth Illinois cavalry and was at the front battling tor the 
union, until the close of the war. During his absence the fam- 
ily resided inthetownof Nashville. In 1837 the family moved 
to Eist Tennessee, near Knoxville, where the boy lived with 
his grandfather on a farm for seven months. From there his 
parents moved back to Nashville, 111., and shortly afterward to 
Oakdale in the same 
county, where they lived 
until 1871, when they 
came West and settled 
in Denver. Before hav- 
ing moved to the West, 
youDg Lundy went to 
school a short time in 
Oakdale, 111., and later 
spent two years attend- 
ing the school at Evans, 
Colorado, a school then 
with considerable repu- 
tation for excellence. 

After this schooling, 
at the age of thirteen, 
Mr. Lundy had his first 
introduction to busi- 
ness, going into a gro- 
cery store in Denver, 
where he remained for 
a year, changing from 
there to Gallup's whole- 
sale and retail establish- 
ment, which handled 
millinery, toys, fancy 
goods, jewelry, show 
eases, etc., and also pic- 
ture frames. After be- 
ing with Gallup for four 
years, Mr. Lundy went 
to Fort Collins where 
he took charge of his 
father's store at that 
point. Remaining there 
only six months, he re- 
turned to Denver, and 
went into the picture 
frame business. In 1878 
when only eighteen 
years of age he, formed 
a partnership with Dr. 
Strohm in the furniture 
business. Trade increas- 
ed, and business pros- 
pered, so that in a few 
months Mr. Lundy was 
able to buy out his part- 
ner. Mr. Lundy remain- 
ed in this business, 
sometimes alone and 
sometimes with different 
and concluded to try the 



On Thanksgiving evening, 1881, Mr. Lundy was most hap- 
pily married to Miss Hilda Hanson of Denver, the result of 
the union being two boys, sis and four years of age, and a 
daughter aged two years. 

Mr. Lundy is member of the council from the First ward 
and the people of that ward have every reason to be proud of 
their choice. From the moment he took his seat, he entered 
upon his councilmanic duties with the determination to under- 
stand them most thoroughly. He put into the performance of 
his duties all the energy of his nature and has made a splendid 
record for shrewdness, business ability, strict integrity, public 
spirit, and devotion to the interests of his constituents and of 
the whole city. He is a strong and earnest advocate of every 
measure which will tend toward the advancement of the city, 
and on the floor of the council urges his views with sharp, 
strong arguments. He is chairman of the license committee 

and member of the san- 
itary and fire commit- 
tees, and in all these 
committees makes his 
influence strongly felt. 




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partners, uatil 1885, when he sjld out 
farther West. He decided to locate 
in Ojden,andin the spring of 1887 mived here and started the 
Utah Ginning Company of which he is president. He has re- 
mained in that business, together with the real estate business, 
at times, ever since. Tue canning business has grown from a 
small start in a little frame building, to large proportions, the 
great planS, consisting of fine brick buildings and long sheds 
covering several aores of ground. The business amounts to 
over .$150,03;) per year. During the season of 1891, a daily 
averasje of twenty-five thousand cans of canned goods— corn, 
tomatoes, etc., were put up. Tae plant also embraces machinery 
and faiilities for making vinegar, pickles, jellies preserves, etc. 
The product tiais year has been over two hundred and thirty 
oar loads. The success of this institution, under Mr. Lundy's 
mmagament, has been phenomenal and speaks loudly regard- 
ing his business sagacity and ability. 



H. M. BOND & CO. 

Among the represent- 
ative commercial enter- 
prises of the city of 
Ogden is that of the 
well-known firm of H. 
M. Bond & Co., of 353 
Twenty-fourth st., and 
2111 Washington aven- 
ue, occupy a position of 
conspicuous and deserv- 
ed prominence. Identi- 
fied with the trade and 
commerce of the city for 
a period of over fifteen 
years, it has gained a 
commercial standing 
second to none, and 
shared by few in its 
line of trade in any 
part of the United 
States. 

The business was es- 
tablished in 1876 by H. 
M. Bond & Co., and 
their line includes the 
business of wholesale 
and retail groceries and 
shippers of fruit and 
produce, being also the 
sole agents for " The 
King of Soaps." Their 
trade extends through- 
out Utah, Idaho, Neva- 
da and Wyoming, and 
the yearly sales aver- 
age forty thousand dol- 
lars, necessitating the 
employment of seven 
assistants. The firm is 
deservedly esteemed 
among the best representative business men of this community, 
and Mr. Bond has honored the position of director of the 
O^den Chamber of Commerce; he has also been commander of 
the Grand Army post here, and at one time, in partnership 
with L. R. Freeman, published the first Gentile paper ever is- 
sued in this city. At that time owing to the opposition mani- 
fested by the Latter Day saints it required a man of nerve and 
courage to engage in such an enterprise, the Gentiles being so 
largely in the minority. Mr. Bond was born in Galveston, 
Texas, and lived there until 185C. In the latter year he moved 
to Kentucky and lived there until the breaking out of the 
rebellion when he enlisted in company O, Fourteenth Ken- 
tucky infantry. After the war he published The Big Saudi/ 
Herald at Oatlettsburg, Kentucky, coming from there to 
Utah, where he has resided for eighteen years and is well and 
favorably known throughout the Territory. 



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DH. AMASA S. CONDON. 

It is most pleasing to the publisliers of this work to be able 
to include amoDg the biographical sketches of prominent and 
enterprising men who go to make up the leading citizens of the 
Territorry .those who have achieved success in the literary Held 
in both prose and poetical composition. 

If there is one class of men whose records and attainments 
are more interesting than another it is those who have made 
the success of their lives in the realms of literature, whose 
genius and painstaking etTorts as exhiliited in the clever and 
meritorious work evolved, have been commented upon in com- 
meniling terms by the illustrious writers of the age. A 
splendid work, especially from a literary point of view, entitled 
"J'oets of Maine," which accidentally fell into our hands, fur- 
nishes us with information regarding Dr. Amasa S. Condon of 
the city of Ogden. Dr. Condon was born at I'enobscot, Maine, 
December22, 1816. His early education was actjuired inthedis- 
trict schools, which possessed at that time as may be imagined, 
primitive educational facilities, and young Condon was 
compelled to walk each day two miles through the woods 
on his way to school. At the age of fifteen he en- 
tered the east Maine conference seminary at Buchsport of that 
state, where he applied himself diligently to his studies until 
the war broke out in April, IHtil, when he enlisted in company 
E, Sixth regiment of volunteers, made up chiefly of the students 
of the seminary. At the battle of Williamsburg he received in- 
juries which compelled him to withdraw from active service, 
and from which he never fully recovered. After regaining his 
health in a meaBure,he returned to the seminary, to conipletehis 
academic education, having selected medicine as a profession, 
lie removed to Iowa, and after three years diligent preparation 
with Dr. Marcus D. Sheldon, of that state, entered the Univer- 
sity of Michigan where he remained two years and passed suc- 
cessful examinations. He returned to Iowa opened an office 
and continued to practice until Jan. 187.'), when he was appoint- 
ed surgeon of the U. P. R. R., with headquarters at Ogden. 

Ab a literary man he has achieved marked success. His 
first poem written when but a child, was published in the 
Times-Hek.ah) of Boston, Mass., and JDr. Haven, the prince of 
critics, wrote him a letter, complementing him on his ability. 

In 1886 Dr. Condon visited the Hawaian Islands to gather 
information. He wrote several very graphic and interesting 
papers regarding the Kilama volcano then in erruption. Be- 
fore leaving he was tendered a banquet at Honolulu, by one of 
the royal princes, which the king himself attended. In 1887 
Dr. Condon visited his old home in Maine. While in the East 
he visited the famous poet .lohn G. Whittier, who is a personal 
friend of the doctor. He also visited the old Webster home- 
stead, scene of the "Old Oaken Bucket," ''Miles Standish Mon- 
ument," at Plymouth, and then went to Quebec on his return 
our. Climbing the heights of Abraham to look upon the mon- 
uments of Wolf and Montcalm. We understand he is going to 
publish the many poemS he has written, in book form, which 
judging from the high character of those which have already 
appeared in print, will make a valuable accjuisition to the 
libraries of all lovers of poetry and admirers of the true poetical 
spirit. He made a careful tour of Yellowstone park and 
minutely described all he there saw. The above extract from 
an eastern publication containing biographical shetchee of 
many noted men who have achieved fame and success in di- 
verse avenues of human aspiration, while of great interest to 
the citizens of Maine, Dr. Condon's native state, is of even 
greater interest to the people of Ogden, for this city has been 
the doctor s home since 1874. 

The ripe experience of mature years always gives a classic 
t<uich to the gifts of genius, aiui while actively engaged in the 
practice of medicine, the doctor has found many spare moments 
to devote to his forthcoming work, which we know will be of 
great merit and lind a place among the works of our famous 
American authors. 

Since taking up his abode in Ogden Dr. Condon has built up 
a large and successful medical practice and is looked upon by 
the people of this community as an able and highly skilled 
physician. 

He has won by his generous nature and painstaking efforts 
the high esteem and good will of all with whom he comes in 
contact, and numbers among his wide circle of friends and 
acquaintances the wealthiest and most inttueutial citizens of 
Ogden. 

For a long time Dr. Condon was a director in the Chamber 
of Commerce, was supervisor of the eleventh census for this 
district, which embraces the whole of Utah Territory, and is 
now a director in the Equitable Co-operative Mercantile 
Company. 



KELLY, ILLE & CO. 

The well known and popular real estate firm of Kelly, Jlle 
it Co. at '2i}i Washington avenue, first opened their ftlice in 
.lanuary, IHIIO, and have built up a profitable and substantial 
bueiuese, extending throughout this section of the country. 
The bulk of their business, however, is confined to Ogden 
realty, the firm owning and controlling choice tracts of resi- 
dence property, amoi g which may be mentioned the "Rex 
Place" situated about two and a half miles from the center of 
the city near Five Points. This addition which has been platted 
contains thirty-five acres and the firm are now offering it for 
sale either as a whole or in single lots or blocks. Independent 
of the property owned and controlled by the firm a large 
amount of real estate has been placed in their bauds for sale, 
and prospective purchasers, by calling at their office, will find a 
complete and comprehensive list embracing some of the most 
desirable business and residence property to be found in the 
city, as well as many choice acre tracts and large farms in the 
vicinity. These gentlemen who have taken an active part in 
building up the city of Ogden are constantly laying out new 
and splendid additions, especially desirable locations for cheap 
and beautiful homes. 

The individual members of the firm are Geo. J. Kelly, 
A. Ille and B. A. McMillan, young men of rare business ability 
with a keen perception of the activities and fluctuations of the 
real estate market, who have, by the adoption of superior 
methods and improved plans, for the disposition of property 
favorable to people of moderate means, established a repu- 
tation for meeting the popular demands. 

Honorable in all their trrnsactions, and fair and liberal in aU 
business propositions, customers having occasion to deal with 
them are invariably satisfied and well pleased. This firm is 
doing much for the advancement and welfare of Ogden, by 
distributing valuable information regarding her resources and 
possibilities, and in divers ways aiding and encouraging all 
movements and efforts to promote the city's material interests 



GEO. W. JONES. 

Within the past few years, there has sprung up an institu- 
tion of commercial necessity, known as the ".\merican Ticket 
Brokers' Association." The unreliability of many jjeople en- 
gaged in buying and selling railroad tickets, owing to the un- 
certainty and complication of the business, have compelled 
those disposed to conduct a legitimate and straightforward 
enterprise of this character as well as to facilitate the satis- 
factory transaction of business, to join themselves together 
under one national association of high standing and unques- 
tionable responsibility, that the public may be accommodated, 
and at the same time feel assured that they are reposing con- 
fidence in people of sterling integrity and honest dealing. Mr. 
Geo. W. .Tones ticket broker of Ogden, Utah, located at 'Mi'i 
Twenty-fifth street, has not only the protection and surety of 
the association to ofFar the public, but by honest upright dealing 
during a period of seven years in his present line of business in 
the city of Ogden, has established an enviable reputation as a 
conscientious, trustworthy business man, well versed in all 
phases of the business. His patronage probably exceeds that 
of any other concern of the kind in this part of the conntry, 
and his methods of doing business have thus far given universal 
satisfaction. 

Something of the magnitude and importance of Mr. Jones' 
establishment may be formed from the fact that he has $1(I,(H10 
invested, and his annual transactions amount to over SKJO.llllC, 
equal in fact to some of the largest commercial enterprises. 

Mr. .limes is a comparatively young man being but thirty- 
six years of age. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and re- 
ceived his education at the well-known Oberlin educational 
institutions. In 1872 he "toured" to the West, locating at 
Cheyenne, Wyoming. While there he engaged in the slock 
business, and was quite succefsful. He was also for a time 
manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Cheyenne, 
and became a prominent citizen of that place. Realizing, how- 
ever, the great possibilities of Ogden, he came to this city- 
seven years ago and has established a large and paying bnsi- 
uess. He also deals largely in Ogden realty and has for sale 
some of the choicest in the city, both business and residence. 

Mr. Jones is well and favorably known in tlie community 
and stands high among the business men of Ogden. 



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G. R. BELNAP. 

Among the widely known and highly esteemed citizens of 
Ogden, who have achieved success, there is no one more de- 
serving of mention than Mr. G. R. Belnap, sheriff of Weber 
county, who has been a resident of Utah for many years. He 
is regarded as one of Ogden 's sterling citizens, as a man espe- 
cially fitted by nature and principle for the important public 
position he occupies, and to which he has been almost unani- 
mously elected by the voters of the county, for every successive 
term since first entering upon the duties of the office. 

Mr. Btlnap is forty-four years of age and was born in Coun- 
cil Bluff, at that time called Florence, winter quarters of the 
first emigrants to Utah. When but two and one-half years 
of age he accompanied his parents to Ogden, where he was 
educated, and upon attaining his majority he was married and 
and removed to Hooper, Utah, being one of the original founders 
of that place, and taking 
an active part in all its 
vario s interests. 

While pursuing the 
occupation of farming, 
he also acted as consta- 
ble and remained in 
Hooper for fifteen years. 
About 1884 he was first 
elected sheriff of Weber 
county. 

Especially qualified 
by education, experi- 
ence, courage and sound 
and careful judgement, 
for the discharge of his 
official duties, his induc- 
tion into office had the 
effect of inspiring re- 
newed confidence and 
assurance, that the en- 
forcement of the law 
would thereafter be car- 
ried out. 

The condition of af- 
fairs, while not desper- 
ate in the true sense of 
the word, required the 
service of a fearless, ac- 
tive and vigilant man 
to hunt down outlaws, 
whose depredations had 
been felt and who were 
dreaded throughout this 
section. So efficient was 
Sheriff Beluap and his 
dej)uties. including Mr. 
Arthur Pratt, that the 
outlaws were dispersed 
and those who escaped 
capture immediately 
disappeared and have 
not since annoyed or 
terrorized the locality. 
His first arrest in the 
county was that of a 
desperado and murder- 
er, and his name as a 
capable and efficient 
officer of the law was 
established in the minds 

of all aware of his untiring zeal, intrepidity and shrewd detec- 
tive work, in the arrest and conviction of the daring train rob- 
bers, Ed. Dayton, alias E. K. Fisher and Joseph May. These 
wily and unusually cute characters were widely known in the 
entire Rocky mountain country, where their outrages had 
aroused a feeling of terror and widespread indignation. They 
had previously succeeded in evading the iron band of the law, 
and were the chief actors i'l the Denver A- Rio Grande train 
robbery of September 7, 1889. 

The circumstances of that bold and almost unprecedented 
"hold-up" are still fresh in the minds of the people. The train 
was composed of sis coaches. When the robbery occurred the 
engineer was compelled, at the point of a gun, to pass through 
the passenger cars and hold the "booty sack," while the terri- 
fied passengers were forced to give up their valuables. The 
audacity of this episode on the part of two men, was at the 
time without a parallel in the history of western lawleEsness. 



Their capture was effected by Mr. Belnap subsequently, while 
"holding up" a gambling house in Ogden, and their recklessness 
was specially manifest in an act of the leader, Dayton, when the 
twain were at the jail in the custody of the sheriff. The latter re- 
moved the prisoner's coat and laid it on the floor, whereupon Day- 
ton began kicking it vigorously, but was taken in hand and 
compelled to desist. The coat was examined and was found to 
contain highly explosive dynamite cartridges of sufficient 
strength to have blown the structure into "smithereens." The 
law took its course and the prisoners are now in the peniten- 
tiary, serving a sentence of seventeen and a half years. 

On different occasions Mr. Belnap has demonstrated his 
ability in handling extreme cases, and has never failed to 
acquit himself in the discharge of hie duties in a highly cred- 
itable manner. 

Aside from his public relations, Mr. Belnap is a business 
man and a public spirited citizen, having unlimited confidence 

in the brilliant future 
that is spreading out 
before the city. He be- 
lieves in assisting and 
urging the development 
of resources, and aids 
and encourages all ef- 
forts designed to build 
up and advance the vari- 
ous interests of the city 
and Territory. 




Photo by Newcomb Bros. G. R. BELKNAP, Sfieriff Weber Coutny. 



WM. R.WILLIAMS. 
Fire insurance has 
long since become a 
necessity. Every prop- 
erty owner or merchant 
carrying a stock of 
goods is compelled to 
insure his property 
against loss by tire, if 
he would keep abreast 
of the times or realize 
his only source of pro- 
tection against the most 
common and devasta- 
ting of destroyers. 

All the leading in- 
surance companies of 
the United States and 
p]uglaud are represent- 
ed in the city of Ogden, 
and for the best of them 
Mr. Wm. K. Williams, 
whose oftite is located 
in the First National 
Bank building, room 11, 
acts as local agent. He 
first engaged in the in- 
surance business in Og- 
den in 1886, and met 
with substantial success 
and deserved prosperity 
from the start, having 
during his career secur- 
ed for the companies 
he represents some of 
the very best risks on 
business and residen- 
tial property, stocks, 
household goods, etc., 
in Ogden. That he is an active, experienced and judicious insur- 
ance agent, the following list of cc mpanies which have entrusted 
their interests in this city to him fully attest: Ploenix, of 
Brooklyn ; Guardian, Sun, Fire and Atlas, of London ; Na- 
tional Assurance, of Ireland ; Boylstou, of Boston ; Fire As- 
sociation and Pennsylvania Fire, of Philadelphia ; Amazon, of 
Cincinuatti ; Buffalo Geiman, of Buffalo; Burlington, of 
Builiiigton ; Syndicate, of Minneapolis; Union and Fireman's 
Fund, of San Francisco ; Fidelity & Casuality Company, 
New York ; and Pacific Surety Company, of San Francisco ; 
having total assets of $8U,C( 0,000. Mr. Willifms is tobeccn- 
gratulated upon the success he has achieved. His policies have 
been issued principally upon preferred ritks, restricting his un- 
derwriting to exclude anj thing extra hazardous. The c< m- 
panies mentioned are all noted for their pi orrpt pa} irent of losses 
as scon as adjusted. Their policies are worded in aclearandex- 
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HOTEL LINCOLN. 

Amonff the hotels of ( )jjdeu that have beooine a part and 
parcel of the city itself, the " Hotel Lincoln " is worthy of more 
than passing notice. It is admirably situated at :Wli Twenty- 
third street, in the central portion of the city, and most con- 
veniently arranjjed and finely appointed in all respects. The 
buildiuR is three stories in hei>;ht, 4()x()0 feet in dimensions, 
and contains twenty-six sleeping apartments with a capacity for 
the accommodation of tifty people. .\11 modern improvements 
and conveniences usually found in a tirst-class hotel, such as 
hot-water heating apparatus, (,'as, bath rooms, electric call-bells, 
etc., have been introduced, making it, in all respects, a public 
hostelry of the highest onlor. 

The hotel building itself is a handsome and substantial 
structure, costing, together with fixtures, over §17,000, but owing 
to its great popularity and conseciuent inadequacy to accommo- 
date the large number of permanent and transient guests, who 
appreciate the excellent service afforded, an ample and com- 
modious house adjoining has been secured, richly furnished 
and made a part of the hot«l. 

The dining-room, with capacity to seat sixty guests, is one 
of the special features, as the house has a reputation for superb 
cooking and a quality of service not excelled by any similar in- 
stitution in the city. 

Odell & Wright are proprietors, while Mrs. Wright, a lady 
of practical experience and intelligent understanding of the 
demands of an unsurpassed service, is conspicuous in her appre- 
ciation of its requirement*!. .\s a convenient and desirable 
stopping-place for permanent boarders Hotel Lincoln has no 
superior in the city. It is located in a quiet, pleasant district, 
surrounded by beautiful residences, at the same time as central 
to the business portion of the city as other leading hotels. 
Everything about the place has an air of quiet elegance that is 
persuasively refreshing, and nothing that can in any way add to 
the comfort or pleasure of guests, is ever omitted. 



CHICAGO MEAT MARKET. 

It can be said with great assurance and strict adherence to 
the truth, that no line of business, in any city, needs to be con- 
ducted with as much care and cleanliness as that connected 
with the handling of choice lines of meat. In this particular, 
mention of the Chicago Meat Market, "ii'ii Washington avenue, 
as among the popular and enterprising establishments engaged 
in this line, must not be omitted. It is one of the best equipped 
and most centrally located markets in the city. The individ- 
ual members of the firm are F. Loewenstein, W. Beckman and 
Henry Linderman, gentlemen familiar with the details of the 
business and the requirements of the trade. They carry full 
lines of meats, and game and fish in season, and are prepared 
to furnish the householder, the f/ounnet and the public with 
the fioe.-t roasts, juiciest steaks and most delicious chops and 
cutlets to be found in the market. The establishment is located 
at the cor. Twenty-third street and Washington avenue, occupy- 
ing a large frame building 24x50 feet in dimensions, especially ar- 
ranged for the convenient transaction of business, and provided 
with refrigerators, ice chests, etc.. for the proper preservation 
of meats. The capital stock invested is S2,O0O, and the annual 
sales amount to over S3(i,0C0. Three experienced assistants 
are employed and goods are delivered to customers in any part 
of the city, many of whom are among the leading and wealthy 
citizens of Ogden, who do their trading at the Chicago Meat 
Market. 

The gentlemen conducting the enterprise have resided in 
the city for several years, and are well-known as honorable, up- 
right men, whose methods are such as meet with co-operation 
from a large and exacting trade. They "push" their business 
energetically and are ever on the alert to furnish patrons the 
best the market affords. 



T. J. NEWCOMB. 

The progress made within recent years in the art of photog- 
raphy is nothing short of marvelous. The methods are virtually 
revolutionized by the march of progress and improvements 
closely .ipproaeliing perfection are now employed. In no photo- 
graphing establishment is this more strikingly illustrated than 
in the gallery of T. .J. Xewcomb of this city. Coining here but 
a year ago Mr. Newconib has built up a business already ac- 
knowledged to be among the finest in it8 line of any in Utah 
and the high order of work done, the uniform satisfaction 



rendered to his patrons together with the unmistakable busi- 
ness capacity, energy and sound judgment, which characterize 
the management of this deservedly popular establishment, have 
been the chief features contributing to the positive and perma- 
nent success that he to-day enjoys. His gallery is pleasantly 
located in the elegantly furnished rooms 2."j--2(!- 27, Wright 
block, and it is safe to say that no more thoroughly equipped 
establishment can be found in any city in the west. ' 

Mr. Newcomb has had a long experience in his line of busi- 
ness, having conducted for fourteen years photograph galleries 
in Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and at Los .Vngeles, California, and is 
an artist in his line excelled by none as his work will testify. 

He employs three skilled artists who are proficient in the 
enlargement of pictures, the e.xecution of crayons, water colors 
etc.. and all commissions committed to him will receive his per- 
sonal and careful attention. His work isnot confined to the city, 
but extends throughout the country, and a visit to his studio 
will amply repay the admirer of fine ai-tistic features which he 
has on exhibition. His orders are promptly filled, and his terms 
most reasonable. 



A. KUHN & BRO. 

Occupying a conspicuous position as the leading establish- 
ment in their particular line of mercantile activity in the West, 
Messrs .\. Kuhu & Brother have been prominent sir'oe 18C8. 
The tirm are admirably located for business at Xo. 23G5 Wash- 
ington avenue, the premisos being a large three-story brick 
building, double front, 2Kxl00 feet in dimensions, which build- 
ing is owned by the firm and is cipiipped and appointed in a 
chaste and elegant manner. This tirm undoubtedly carry at 
all times the most fashionable assortment of all descriptions 
of gentlemen's furnishing goods in this city, their patrons being 
drawn from the most fastidious people of Ogden and vicinity 
in their local trade, while their wholesale trade extends 
throughout Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Nevada, and 
their annual sales average 1150,000, with a capital invested 
of .? ".'i.OOO. 

They have in their employ seven skilled assistants who are 
thoroughly and well informed in their different branches of 
business. This firm has in connection with their gents furnish- 
ing business a ware-room in the rear of 2'.M'u) Washington 
avenue, where they deal extensively in hides, fur and wool, 
and contemplate, in the near future, building a large and 
commodious wareroom for this branch of their business, as 
the one they now occupy is inadequate to their large and con- 
stantly increasing trade. The firm of A. Kuhn A- Brother was 
established in Virginia City, Mont., in 18i'5: from there they 
removed to Corinne, Utah, then came to Ogden twelve years 
ago and established themselves in busine.'ss in this city at that 
time, and have by pluck and perseverance built up a large and 
flourishing trade, and to-dav no firm in the Northwest is more 
widely and favorably known than that of A. Kuhn ,<• Bro. 



J. M. GRAHAM & SON. 

One of the most extensive and largely patronized livery 
stables in the City of Ogden is that of .1. M. Graham & Son 
located at 'iHO, Twenty-fifth street. It was first opened to the 
public in IS^i'.*. and has through the excellent service af- 
forded, together with the liberal and courteous treatment 
extended, built up a large and constantly growing patronage. 
The building occupied is 40x100 feet in dimensions, adaptively 
arranged, and provided with every modern appointment of 
value for the conduct of an enterprise of this character. The 
undertaking represents a large investment, and the annual 
business amounts to over S12.000. 

A full and complete supply of buggies, carriages, surries, 
phaetons, hacks, etc.. are always to be had together with a 
choioe selection of well broke and desirable driving and saddle 
horses. The utmost care and attention are paid to customers, 
and every effort is enlisted to retain the large patronage now 
enjoyed. 

Mr. J. M. Graham, the senior member of the firm is at 
present in Bueno Vista, Colorado, where he is conducting a 
large livery establishment, .J. W. Graham jr., bis son, having 
entire charge of the Ogden concern. He is an enterprising 
young man of sound judgment and keen business sagacity, 
with a natural aptitude for the special branch of industry in 
which he is engaped. He is a genial and social gentleman, 
honorable and upright in all his dealings, and well liked by 
the people of this community. 



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FRED. J. KIESEL & CO. 

Ojjden has long been regarded as the central point from 
which the commercial and industrial trade of the intermoiin- 
tain region radiates. The great and unwavering faith men of 
thrift and of judgment have for years had in Ogden's prosper- 
ous future, is clearly indicated in the protracted length of time 
they have been engaged in general meroautile enterprises in 
the city. Prominent among the firms to whom reference may 
be made as eminent illustrations of the point in question is the 
old established and well-known house of Fred. J. Kiesel & Co., 
wholesale dealers in groceries, liquors, tobacco and cigars, 
located at 333-337 Twenty-fourth street. This substantial 
and enterprising company was organized in 1873 with F. J. 
Kiesel president and Theo Schausenbach secretary and treas- 
urer. The business was commenced at a time when Ogden was 
still in her infancy, when, in fact, the commercial trade through- 
out the West was unsettled and inadequately provided for. 
These gentlemen, however, realized and clearly foresaw the 
wonderful and rapid upbuilding of the entire West, and so "cast 
their lines" in the city of Ocrtjen with full confidence in the 
large and young trade they have since developed. The 
premises occupied are a two-story brick building and base- 
ment 36x175 feet in dimensions, also a mammoth warehouse 
along the railroad tracks in the lower part of the city. All 
goods are handled on an extensive scale and procured from 
first hands direct thereby being able to supply the trade of this 
section with fresh, pure and high-class goods at the lowest 
market prices. Their line of groceries is full and complete 
embracing every article of commerce usually found in an 
establishment of this character, while the very latest and best 
brands of liquors, tobaccos and cigars will always be found in 
stock. The average capital invested in the business being 
iS100,0i)0, while the annual sales amounts to over $700,000. 
Fifteen hands are constantly employed, and the trade extends 
all over Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington. Xevada, 
Oregon and Colorado. The company is also sole agents in this 
section for Pabst's celebrated beer, of which they annually dis- 
poTO of immense invoices. Both members of the company are 
etlicieut business men, and this, together with their honorable, 
straightforward and liberal methods has enabled them to 
build up the large and growing trade they now enjoy. 

Mr. Fred. J. Kiesel, the president of the concern, is a man 
long and favorably known in Ogden, and the high regard in 
which he is held as a loyal, trustworthy and upright man, by 
the citizens, has been repeatedly demonstrated in his election 
to the highest positions of public trust. He has served as 
mayor of the city, elected thereto by the liberal party, his term 
having expired last February, and is now commissioner of 
Utah to the World's Fair. He is fifty years of age, a native of 
Germany, and received his early education in that country. 
He came to America thirty -five years ago, first locating at 
Memphis, Tenn, but removing to Utah in 1863 where he has 
gradually built himself up in business and public favor until 
now he stands as one of the most prominent men of the Ter- 
ritory. He holds large interests in leading enterprises such as 
mining, real estate, etc., that have proved profitable, as well as 
beneficial to the growth and advancement of the Territory, and 
he is known throughout Utah as a liberal, public-spirited man, 
ever ready and willing to aid and support movements calcu- 
lated to promote the city's welfare and prosperity. 



T. WOIiLSTEIN & CO. 

July, 11, 1891, was a memorable day in the annals of Ogden, 
it being the opening day of the magnificent liquor house of T. 
Wollstein ctCo at 2106 Washington avenue. The establishment 
is appointed and equipped in the best of style, is an honor and 
credit to the city, and a monument to the pluok, energy and 
enterprise of its founders. The firm located here recently, and 
though in business in Ogden but a few months, are to-day 
recognized as a representative and leading house in their 
line of business in the West. With abundant means, and un- 
equaled facilities at their command, they are enabled to sup- 
ply their customers with the purest qualities of foreign and 
domestic liquors at prices that defy competition, and will as 
cheerfully and as liberally effect the sale of a quart, gallon, or 
barrel as a car load. They will also deliver goods in any 
quantity free of charge to all parts of the city, and orders from 
the country wdl receive prompt aud conscientious attention. 
The business of this firm is far-reaching and influential, aud 
owning, in addition to the Ogden house, the following extensive 
branches: 1070 Union avenue, 301 Main street, 1629 West 



Ninth street, 1420 East Eighteenth street in Kansas City, also 
Btores in Nebraska City and South Omaha — also at 422 South 
Thirteenth street, 2'22 North Sixteenth street, and 2224 Cum- 
ming street, Omaha, at 710 Main street, corner of Elm aud 
Preston streets, Dallas, Texas, and at 108 and 141.5 Main street, 
Port Worth, Texas. 

Their average sales at this place are stated at fifty thousand 
dollars per annum, and they carry an average stock valued at 
from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. They employ five 
men one of whom is on the road constantly, selling goods 
through Utah and Idaho, where they have built up a large and 
increasing trade, aud enjoy a reputation of unqualified excel- 
lence both as to the quality of their goods and the honorable 
methods which characterize their operations. 



JOHN H. COLLINS. 

The growing demand for new and improved designs, and 
convenient arrangements in the construction of buildings in all 
active and enterprising cities, has been fully met, and it may be 
added, led by the architectural profession of the present day. 

The new and growing cities of the west are pre-eminent in 
their advancement. Ogden probably has as perfectly qualified 
aud efhcient men engaged in the pursuit of this artistic line of 
professional endeavor as any sister city, and among those of 
whom special mention should be made is Mr. John H. Collins. 

Mr. Collins came to Ogden in 1S89, and from the uniform 
excellence of his work and his repeated demonstration of sur- 
passing ability in all departments, he at once sprang into popu- 
lar favor. He has prepared the plan for and superintended the 
erection of the following well-known buildings, all of which are 
models of grandeur and beauty: Fitzgerald block on Twenty- 
fifth street, St. .Joseph's new Catholic church, corner Twenty- 
fourth and Adams streets; the new Sacred Heart Academy, 
corner Twenty-fifth and (^)uincy streets, and many other struct- 
ures whose complete arrangement and invitingly attractive 
appearance speak well for his native ability and perfect con- 
ception of the requirements of the most exacting service. He 
removed hither from the State of Connecticut, where he also 
followed the practice of his profession for seventeen years, dur- 
ing which time he designed and constructed many costly and 
substantial buildings, and acquired a thorough knowledge of 
the business. 

He is accurate and painstaking in the formulation of his 
plans, estimates, etc., and especially equipped in respect to 
assistants and facilities for prompt and satisfactory service. 
His offices are at 2670 Jackson street. 



CHAPMAN HOUSE. 

Au important item of information for the visitor to Ogden, 
whether he comes from adjoining parts of the county and Terri- 
tory or from abroad, is where he can find comfortable accom- 
modations during his sojourn in the city, where, in fact, he will 
be made to feel most at home. Ogden lias no lack of comfort- 
alile hostelries, where he will find excellent quarters, and the 
Chapman Hotel occupies a place among the leading. It is eon- 
ducted on the American plan and is situated on Twenty-fifth 
street, within one block of the Union depot, making it the 
most convenient hotel in the city for transient guests. The build- 
ing is two-stories high, 50x60 feet in dimensions, and contains 
thirty sleeping apartments, all nicely furnished and provided 
with every couvenience necessary for the comfort of its guests. 
The house was opened in 1874, by its present proprietor, Mr. 
W. M. Chapman, a most estimable and genial landlord, who has 
had many years experience in the business, and every effort is 
made by him to please guests and make them feel at home. 
His charges are as rea.sonable as those of any first-class hotel, 
and all who have occasion to visit Ogden should not fail to give 
this hotel a call. 

Mr. Chapman is a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- 
vania; moved from there to Quiucy, Illinois, where he engaged 
ill the liotel business. In the year 1871, he located in the city 
of Ogden, and has lived here continuously since, aiding mate- 
riidly in promoting the wonderful growth and advancement the 
city has made in the last four years. He has served the citizens 
of Ogden for two years as a member of the city council, and in 
the war of the rebellion served for three years in tlie Union 
Army. His reputation for reliability and integrity is as perfect 
as it is general, and he is ever ready to aid in any enterprise 
which has for its object the advancement of the city. 



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JOS. p. LEDWIDGE. 

One of the most notiemiblp differences between the western 
part of the Uniteil States iiud the older inhal)ited sections of 
the East, is the class of men who occupy positions of promi- 
nence and public trust. In the West young men, if they be 
qiialiKed have every opportunity to work their way up into 
important and responsible positions, not only in the offices of 
the people, but in priv.ite enterprises and corporations. The 
fact that youuK men are able to assume such {jrave responsi- 
bilities and discharge the duties devolviuK upon them, 
efficiently and satisfactorily, is fully proven by the lar},'e 
number that have been admitted to, and now hold important 
public incumbencies. The possibility of reaching places of 
power and influence, is the greatest stimulus to zealous effort, 
and the benefits to modern civilization and advancement are 
apparent. 

The city of Ogdeu, 
Utah, has in the occu- 
pants of her municijial 
offices many salient il- 
lustrations indicatory of 
this point, and among 
them we take special 
pleasure in mentioning 
the name of Josepli P. 
Ledwidge, county clerk 
for Weber county. 

Mr. Ledwidge is but 
twenty-six years of age, 
and was born in Santa 
Rosa, ("al. He was ed- 
ucated at the Sacred 
Heart College in San 
Francisco, and then re- 
mained in that city and 
engaged in the book 
publishing business 
with the well-known 
firm of .v. L. Bancroft A- 
Co. He remained with 
this establishment from 
1882 until ISS.i when ho 
severed his connection 
to join the wholeside 
stationery enterprise of 
Stevinsou A- Longville. 
He continued with tins 
concern until November 
188(i, and then, realizing 
the wonderf.d opportu- 
nities fcr young men in 
the Territory of Utah, 
he cnm« to Ogden. 

While here he has 
held several positions 
of public trust, invaria- 
bly acquitting himself 
honorablv and meiitori 
onsly. He was deputy 
cle'-k of the I'nited 
States district court for 
some time, then resign- 
ed to accept a position 
as railroad postal clerk, 
remaining in the service 
until August, 1890,when 
he was appointed dep- 
uty county clerk, serving in such capacity until December 1st, 
1890, when he was promoteil to the important position of county 
clerk for Weber county, which position he now holds. 

Mr. Ledwidge is a bright, energetic and intelligent young 
man, ever ready to enlist his services wherever there is a fair 
promise of advancement and higher achievement. This, active, 
go-ahead spirit has always been characteristic of him, and has 
not only gained for him the high and responsible position he 
now occupies, but has widened his circle of friends and 
acquaintances, and increased his p ipularity with all associates. 

His work as county recorder has been ably and satisfac- 
torily performed, and insures for him the permanent abiding 
ifoaJ will and esteem of the citizens of this city and county. 




Plioto l)y Nuwoomb Bros. J. P. LEDWIDGE, Connty Clerk. 



CONSOLIDATED LUMBER AND MILLING CO. 

In all cities noted for enterprise, for progress in commercial 
atTairs and growth in population, there are no more efficient 
and Bubslautial contributors toward those desirable ends than 
the branches of industry connected with the building interest. 
Among the establishments that daily enhance the value of 
the standing Ogden now holds in the mercantile world, there 
are none more worthy of notice or special consideration than 
the Consolidated Lumber and Milling Company. The enter- 
prise was established some ten years ago by W. f i. Child. It 
has since extended its influence and to-day is known as above; 
the individual members of the corporation and the officers 
being W. G. Child, president; M. L. Causey, vice-president; 
Cieo. W. Carr, manager, and Mr. Stevens, secretary, all of 
whom have a thorough practical knowledge of the business in 
all its various departments, Mr. (ieorge \V. Carr, the manager, 
being specially informed from a mechanical and scientific point 
of view. The lumber yard and planing mills of the company 
are located at the corner of Twenty-sixth street and Grant av- 
enue, and extensive and 
first-clasB lines of stock 
are carried, including 
hard woods, pine, red- 
wood, cedar, etc., sold 
at retail or in car-load 
lots; also manufactur- 
ing door and winilow 
frames, mouldings, 
brackets and all kinds 
of wood work at short 
notice, employing a 
force of twenty-live as- 
sistants and supplying 
a trade throughout 
Utah, Idaho, Nevada, 
and Wyoming, with av- 
erage sales of seventy- 
five thousand dollars 
annually. The company 
also operate two large 
sawmills, located twen- 
ty-eight miles east of 
OijdMn, where are man- 
ufactured all kinds of 
lumber products, em- 
bracing ties, electric 
poles, etc., and is now 
filling large contracts 
for these specialties 
with the Ogden .Street 
Railway Company and 
other corporations. 

The individual rep- 
resei.tatives of tln> eom- 
piiny are too well known 
to need special mention. 
Tliey are enterprising 
citizens and their thor- 
ough practical know- 
lei :ge and experience 
coupled with energy 
and legitimate business 
principles, have gained 
for them an honorable 
position among the man- 
ufacturing and prom- 
inent business men of 
the growing city of 
Ogden. 



JOHN G. TYLER. 



Among the men of Ogden whose standing and record as 
citizens has gained for them important positions in the offices 
of the people, and who have since their installation proven 
themselves competent and efficient in the discharge of the 
varied and responsible duties devolving iipon them, we are 
pleased to speak of Mr. John l>. Tyler, the present recorder of 
Weber county. 

Mr. Tyler has served the people of this county in his 
present capacity since .Vugust, ISfld, and we feel that we but 
rellect the sentiments of those who liave placed him in office, 
when we say that the position has never in the history of the 
city been tilled more satisfactorily. The last two years has 



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greatly multiplied work in this official department, and the able 
and faithful manner in which Mr. Tyler has kept pace with the 
ever-increasing call, is highly creditable. 

Mr. Tyler is but forty years of age, and was born in Rock- 
ford, 111. He received his early education in that city, 
and in 1863 left home for Chicago, where he engaged in a 
mercantile house as cashier. This responsible position he filled 
for six years, and then came to Salt Lake City. From 1871 
until 187.5 he followed the mercantile business in that city and 
met with very creditable success, but Ogden appeared to him 
at the time to be a coming center of importance, and withal a 
specially desirable place to locate for future advancement. 
From 1875 to 1887 he conducted a profitable hotel enterprise, 
following which time he was appointed postmaster for the 
Ogden office, which position he filled satisfactorily to the 
people of this community until August, 1890, when he was 
elected to his present official position. 

Ever since taking up his abode in Ogden he has taken 
active part and been deeply interested in the city's growth and 
welfare, and has aided and encouraged as far as consistent with 
ills station in life, all enterprises and public spirited move- 
ments calculated to ensure a steady and solid advancement of 
the city toward the important and vital position she rightfully 
deserves among the metropolitan centers of the country. It is 
through the substantial support and personal efforts, as well 
as the widespread popularity of such men, that Ogden has 
built up so rapidly, and gained the distinguished position she 
occupies as a commercial and industrial center of ioiportauce 
in the Inter-mountain region. 



MISS E. J. KLINKENBEARD & SISTER. 

One of the most elegant of the new establishments which 
mark Ogden's advance in culture and refinement, are the mil- 
linery parlors of MissE. .1. Kliukenbeard & Sister, lately opened 
in Wright's new building. Washington avenue, where they oc- 
cupy the most elegantly furnished apartments of any firm in 
their line of business in this city or Territory. The Misses 
Klinkeubeard are recently from the East, where they have been 
engaged for many years in catering to the best trade of the 
wealthier clashes, and are consequently able to offer the people 
of the city and vicinity the latest styles in every class of goods 
carrieJ by the trade. They keep in stock a full line of imported 



hats, feathers and fancy articles equal to any that can be found 
in the leading millinery establishments of the East, constantly 
employing four ladies skilled and experienced in the art of mil- 
linery, and are prepared to execute all work in their line in an 
artistic manner and at short notice. 

The Misses Kliukenbeard came direct from St. Joseph, Mis- 
souri, about eighteen months ago, and although but compara- 
tively a short time iu Ogden they have, by strict attention to 
business and the excellent taste displayed in their work, estab- 
lished themselves in a business that is daily increasing and ex- 
tending, ULitil to-day they are regarded as leaders in their line. 
Their millinery parlors are a credit to the city, but owing to the 
large and ever increasing patronage the ladies are acquiring 
they have found it necessary to obtain more commodious quar- 
ters. They have accordingly secured delightfully appomted 
parlors on the ground floor of a Washington avenue budding in 
the central part of the city where, with increased facilities, 
they will be enabled to conduct their business on a more exten- 
sive and satisfactory scale. 



MISS EDITH HOFFMAN, La Mode. 

There is not perhaps, among the various departments of art 
and industry in the United States, any branch in which such 
remarkable improvements have been effected as in the millin- 
ery tra le; indeed the function of the strictly first-class milliner 
has steadily revolutionized the plane of fancy millinery. Among 
those who have attained distinction, as well as merited recogni- 
tion in Ogden City in this line, is Miss Edith Hoffman, located 
at 2429 Washington avenue, and established for more than two 
years, with an average of 85,000 capital. The dimensions of 
premises are 20 feet in width by 70 feet iu length, one story 
brick, where she carries on an annual business of $33,000. She 
employs five ladies who stylishly trim the numerous shapes of 
this season. She keeps on hand not only the finest but largest 
line of hats, bonnets, flowers, feathers, plumes, tips, ribbons, 
laces, silks, satins, ornaments, frames, millinery, etc. A more 
complete line cannot be found in the city. Miss Hoffman is a 
thoroughly competent milliner, who fully understands the 
needs of her many patrons, and her class of goods is kept up to 
the highest standard of excellence. Her store is handsomely 
fitted up, and ranks first among the many. A more pleasing 
lady of culture and refinement does not live in the city. 



BENCH AND BAR OF OGDEN CITY. 



Ogden has just cause to be proud of the array of legal 
talent which constitutes her bench and bar. Probably in no 
city of its size in the country can there be fonnd such a large 
number of attorneys who have made, each for himself, a repu- 
tation for ability and legal skill extending over several states 
and territories. Ogden being the natural center in so many 
lines of business for such a great scope of country, and being 
also the seat of the First District Court of the Fnited States 
for the Territory of Utah, she has attracted many men who 
have attained eminence in the West in their profession and as 
United States .iudges, supreme and district jvidges of states and 
territories, together with many young, shrewd men from the 
East who have come to Ogden as the most inviting field of 
operation in the \\'est. 

The United States laws governing this Territory provide for 
the appointment of the judge of the district court and the 
probate court by the president ; and the district judges 
sitting together as the territorial supreme court, appoint the 
commissioners of the United States Supreme Court, who have 
jurisdiction similar to that of justices ofthe peace under the laws 
of many of the states with this addition: That they have juris- 
diction as a court of preliminary inquiry in criminal offences 
against laws of the United States, as well as of those against 
the Territorial laws. The j tidge of the First District Court, the 



Hon. James A. Miner, was appointed to his present position by 
President Harrison, and took his seat upon the bench July 22, 
189(1. .Judge Miner is a Michigan man and before coming to Utah 
followed the profession of the law tor many years. He served 
as district attorney of his judicial district and also as repre- 
sentative and senator in the State Legislature of Michigan. 
His reputation is that of an able lawyer and careful, conscien- 
tious judge. 

Judge A. C Bishop was appointed probate judge of Weber 
county in February, 1891, by President Harrison, and 
has filled his office very aoceptably to the people. This 
position also makes him the presiding officer of the county 
court, or board of commissioners for the county, and these two 
positions, together with that of United States Commissioner 
keep his time well occupied. 

There are eight United States Commissioners in Ogden. 
They are: H. C. Wardleigh, A. C. Bishop, R. W. Cross. A. J. 
Weber, A. Perrin, E. T. Hulaniski, M. A. Breeden and V. 
Gideon, all selected for their especial adaptability for the 
position. 

The bar consists of forty-nine members, among the number 
being several of National reputation. Considered as a whole 
the bar of Ogden is an eminent one for its ability and legal learn- 
ing, and will compare very favorably with any in the country. 






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HON. JAMES A MINER. 

It cau be said with every assurance ami due regard for the 
truth, that Utah has been mo.st highly favored by the Federal 
goverument iu its appointment of James .\. Miner as associate 
justice of the supreme court for this Territory. 

Mr. Miner came to Utah in .\unust, 189(1, and has already 
made a record as an able, sound and highly iiualilied judge, as 
well as an honorable, loyal and sterling citizen. His life 
throughout has been marked by grand successes in whatever 
capacity he was called upon to exercise his varied abilities. As 
a lawyer he has been retained in many important and intricate 
cases, and his forcible character aud perfect mastery of the law 
have invariably led liim to ultimate triumph and success. 

Mr. Miner was born at Marshall, Mich., September il, 1842. 
His pareuts emigrated from t!onnecticut iu 1832 and settled 
on a farm in Marshall township, where his father died iu 18fi4. 
For a number of years he 
worked on the farm in 
the summer, and attended 
school in the winter. 
After graduating from 
Lyons institute, he com- 
menced the study of law 
in the olhce of Governor 
Baker, of Clinton. Iowa, 
but at the lireaking out 
of the war, he returned to 
Lyons, and assisted in 
raising the Ninth regi- 
ment of Michigan volun- 
teer infantry, remaining 
in the service nntil the 
death of his father, when 
he returned to Marshall 
aud resumed his law 
studies. He was admitted 
to the bar Ijy Judge B. F. 
Greaves in 18(!;i, follow- 
ing which time he prac- 
ticed in Marshall for 
several years. Iu 1808 he 
was admitted to practice 
in the United States 
t'ourt, and in the same 
year appointed United 
States Commissioner for 
the eastern district of 
Michigan. He also held 
several muncipal offices 
aud positions of trust iu 
his native city and coun- 
ty, and for several years 
Mr. Miner acted as prose- 
cuting atttorney for Cal- 
houn county, having lieen 
elected to that ollice by a 
larger majority than any 
other candidate on the 
ticket. In January. ISTl), 
he formed a law partner- 
ship with F. A. Stace. un- 
der thetirm name of .Miner 
& Stace, continuing in 
business under that title 

until 18,87 when Mr. Stace "<>N- 'Af^- A. MlNEK, .\^M,riait 

resigned and Geo. S.. Southworth joined Mr. Miner in the practice 
of his profession. This latter lirm continued for two years, when 
Mr. Miner decided to remove to Utah, acting on which he had 
long before determined to take as soon as his extensive and press- 
ing business could be satisfactorily arranged. After remaining 
in Salt Lake City for a time, iluring which brief observations 
convinced him that there were wonderful possiblities awaiting 
the development of the Territory's resources, he returned to 
Michigan, receiveil his appointment as Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court for I'tah, and has since resided in the city of 
Ogden. Politically Mr. Miner has ever been a staunch liepubli- 
can, an eloquent and forcible public speaker, he has faithfully 
supported his party by voice and action in many hard fought 
campaigns. .\8 a judge Mr. Miner has superior intellectual and 
executive ability. Through the accuracy of bis decisions and 
the soundness of his judgment in all cases that have come up 
before him, he has gaited the esteem of the people of the Terri- 
tory, aud is looked upon as one of the ablest and most learned 
judges on the supreme bench to-day. 




RANSFORD SMITH. 

Among the prominent attorneys of this city, one who has 
not only distinguished himself as an able and highly qualified 
lawyer, but who stands high in the popular eeteem and good 
will of the people of the Territory, will be found Mr. Kansfoid 
Smith, of the law tirm of Smith A: Smith. He is fifty seven 
years of age, aud is a native of Oxford, Ohio, where he was also 
educated, graduating at Miami University at the age of twenty- 
one. He immediately entered his father's law-f flice, and after 
a course of study was admitted to the bar at Dayton, Ohio, in 
IS."")*), being admitted to the United States Circuit Court at Cin- 
cinnati three years later. 

In 18.")9 he was elected mayor of Hamilton, Ohio, filling that 
oflicial position until 18t51, when he enlisted in Company B, 
Thirty-fifth Ohio volunteers, and for the marked ability he ex- 
hibited as a military man, was soon promoted to the captaincy 

of his company. Mr. 
Smith's war experience 
was an extremely active 
one. He was engaged 
in fifteen battles alto- 
gether, among the most 
important of which, was 
the engagements at Mill 
Springs and Shiloh. He 
was mustered out in 18(;a, 
and returned to Hamil- 
ton, where he resumed 
the practice of law, and 
so continued until 187!), 
when he removed to Cin- 
cinnati, where he con- 
ducted a large aud suc- 
cessful business. He 
hiid always displayed re- 
markable legal talent and 
attainments, and the 
sound and vigorous man- 
ner in which he prose- 
cuted a number of im- 
portant and complicated 
cases while practicing in 
the state of Ohio, gained 
for himself the abiding 
good will of all citizens, 
as well as the esteem and 
high opinion of the judi- 
ciary ami associate attor- 
neys. Whileat Hamilton, 
Mr. Smith was engaged 
as special prosecuting 
attorney in the murder 
case. State of Ohio vs. 
John Griffin. The case 
WHS a difficult one, and 
lasted over an extended 
peiiod. The prisoter was 
convicted and hanged. 

Since coming to < igden, 
he has not only built up a 
large aud growing prac- 
tice, and taken charge of 
many importsnt and ardu- 
ous suits at law, but has 
figured quite prominently 



Justice Siiitn-iiif Citiirt, L tali. 

in the politics of the Territory. In '884 was a candidate on the 
Liberal ticket as a delegate to Congress, but was defeated by 
Hon. John T. Caine, the present incumbent. Mr. Smith, how- 
ever, is a highly popular man, aud his great ability aud signal 
oratorical powers, together with his sterling qualities as an uji- 
right and loyal citizen, forever insures for him a warm place 
in the hearts of the people. 

Mr. Smith was retained by the people of Oneida county, 
Idaho, as prosecuting attorney iu the noted murder case of the 
People vs. Mooney and Hanks. The trial was exciting, and 
when the verdict was rendered banging Moouey, and sending 
Banks to prison for a lengthy term of years, Mr. Smith at once 
came into popular favor, and established for himself a tlatteriug 
reputation in that Territory as an able lawyer. 

His life has been eventful. He has been presidfnt of the 
Alumni of Miami University, and orator of the society, orator 
of the Phi Delta Tbeta Society atitsconventicn held at Atheis 
Univeisity, in 1S72, and iras chcE«D for tbese positicns in im- 



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portant college societies, because of his marked ability and 
forceful manner as a public speaker. 

Mr. Smith was married in 1857, to Mary I). Daly, of Hamil- 
ton, Ohio, a lady of rare accomplishments and marked literary 
talent. She was well known as a magazine writer, her articles 
appearing under the 11011 de phime, " Daisy Dale." As a result 
of this union three children have been born, two daughters 
and one son. 

The son, Wm. H. Smith, is twenty-three years of age and a 
graduate of Yale College. He is now engaged with his 
father. 

In 1887 Mr. Smith formed a law partnership with H. W. 
Smith, a leading attorney of this city, under the firm name of 
Smith & Smith. This firm is one of the strongest and most 
favorably known, and enjoys an extensive and successful 
practice. He has been for years an active member of the G. A. 
R., and commander of that important body. He is also a 
member of the A. O. U. 
W. and the Royal Ar- 
canum, and takes a deep 
interest and active part 
in all their movements 
and workings. 

As a resident of this 
city, he stands high in 
both business and social 
circles, and his genial 
manner and afl'able dis- 
position has surrounded 
him with a host of 
friends aad acquaint- 
ances. He is decidedly 
public spirited and 
lends his endorsement 
and support to such 
movements and enter- 
prises as are calculated 
to advance the city's 
interests, and promote 
the welfare and pros- 
perity of all citizens. 




A. C. BISHOP. 

In writing the biog- 
raphies of Utah's lead- 
ing men. those who 
figure prominently in 
her public offices, as 
well as those who have, 
by thrift aud enterprise, 
gained positions of 
power and influence, we 
take particular pleasure 
in iucluding that of 
Hon. A. C. Bishop. Pro- 
bate Judge of Weber 
county. 

The busy career 
through which Mr. 
Bishop has passed, the 
marked successes he 
has attained and the 
universal high esteem 
in which he is held, 
makes a record of his lite 
both iateresting and instructive. 

Born of parents whose worldly possessions was limited, and 
the quiet retreats of a rural domicile, he braced the storms of 
human existence with no opportunities or advantages, save 
the inherent capabilities of a bright and active mind, that 
rests only with the reward of high achievement. 

After attending the common schools of his native town, Mr. 
Bishop began teaching, this being his first step toward 
acquiring the thorough education it was his ambition to gain. 
He taught six months in the year, thereby earning sufficient 
money to attend school the balance of the year. Following 
this plan until twenty-four years of age he entered the law 
ofiice of H. McNeil at Indianola, Iowa, applying himself dili- 
gently to the study of law for three years when he was ad- 
mitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of his pro- 
fession. This was 1877 and he continued the practice of law in 
the same town until 1885, during which time he was retained 
as couQsel in many important cases. 



In the murder trial, State of Iowa vs. W. H. A. Williams 
and six others, which lasted from 1881 to 1884, Mr. Bishop 
appeared as of counsel for the defense. This case was tried 
nine different times, each trial requiring nine days, there 
being over one hundred witnesses. It was brought before the 
Supreme Court three times, terminating in the conviction of 
two men with lowest penalty, who admitted the killing and 
plead self-defence, and acquital of the balance. During this 
trial Mr. Bishop's reputation as an able and efficient lawyer 
became known and he established for himself a fine reputation 
among the judiciary and legal fraternity. 

In the year 1885 he removed to Kansas City, Mo., where he 
remained until the latter part of 1888, when he was compelled 
on account of the climate to seek a new location, whereupon 
he came West, stopping at Denver a short time, and early in 
18S9 came on to Ogden. Soon after reaching this city he pur- 
chased the Daily Vommercial and conducted that paper as 

general manager tor 
over a year, when he 
sold out, and in Febru- 
ary, 1891. was appointed 
Probate Judgeof Weber 
county. 

The wisdom of this 
appointment has been 
repeatedly demonstrat- 
ed ever since Mr. Bishop 
entered upon his public 
duties, iu the justice of 
his decisions, the ac- 
curacy of his judgment 
and perfect familiarity 
with the law. He is a 
straightforward and un- 
assuming gentleman, 
possessing a magnetic 
force which makes him 
always recognized as a 
power by his associates. 
Cautious, careful and 
methodical, he is yet a 
man of despatch. He 
has been peculiarly sac- 
cessful as a judge. He 
is firm, self-reliant, and 
withal, a man of con- 
scientious, unbiased 
principles. The resi- 
dents of Weber county 
are to be congratulated 
upon their good fortune 
iu having as Probate 
Judge such a reliable 
and highly qualified 
man as Mr. Bishop. 



MORTON V. 
BERT. 



GIL- 



HON. A. C. BISHOP, Probate Judge. 



Among the rising 
young lawyers of this 
city, one that has not 
only exhibited marked 
ability and high legal 
attainments in the prac- 
tice of his profession, but has by his courtesy and honor- 
able characteristics won the favor and high regard of the 
judiciary and his fellow practitioners of Ogden and Territory 
will be found Mr. Morton V. Gilbert, a native of Crystal Lake, 
Illinois, where he was born February 14, 1864. His early educa- 
tion was in part acquired in the academy at Elgin, Illinois, aud 
partly at the Michigan University. He remained at the latter 
institution for two years, after which he entered the law de- 
partment of the University of Minnesota. In March, 1889, he 
was admitted to the bar and at once began the practice of law 
in conjunction with a firm of prominent attorneys at Chicago, 
where he remained for six months, thence coming direct to 
Ogden. Since opening an office in this city Mr. Gilbert has been 
very successful. He has had charge of a number of important 
and diificult cases, wherein he acquitted himself with great 
credit and displayed remarkable legal talents and attainments. 
He is careful and painstaking in his work, and seems to regard 
his Ghent's interests as his own. 




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W. L. MAGINNIS. 

Judge W. L. Maginnis, is one of the ablest counselors of 
Utah, and although he has been in the Territory but little over 
two years is highly esteemed among the very popular members 
of the profession in this city to-day. He was born in Perry 
county, Ohio, and is thirty-three years of age. His early edu- 
cation was acquired in the district schools of his native state, 
but later he attended college at Latrobe, Peun., gradu- 
ating when but eighteen years old. He first went to Zanesville, 
Ohio, where he conducted a daily paper, at the same time study- 




His faithful and con- 
scientious efforts, his 
retentive memory and 
quick conception of the 
exigencies of a case, 
constitute an admirable 
combination which bids 
fair to lift him into the 
front ranks or among 
the distinguished law- 
yersofUtah. In giving 
legal advice, draughting 
important documents 
5 and looking after the 
^ general interests of his 
Z2 clients, Mr. Gilbert is 
:< especially careful, 
^ methodical and system- 
_; atic. His extended 
.J knowledge of the law, 
'' keen perception, and 
^' the accuracy of his 
^ judgment is recognized 
and duly appreciated by 
all who seek his services, 
J and is destined to bring 
^ him a widespread repu- 
"2 tation in this section. 
S He is a thorough gen- 
^ tleman and consequent- 
's ly a loyal and enterpris- 
■^ ing citizen, who has 
■^ permanently taken up 
■§ his abode in Ogden with 
■? faith in her brilliant 
" future. 

ing law. He continued in this pursuit until he was admitted 
to practice, and in 1886 received an appointment as Chief Jus- 
tice of Wyoming from President Cleveland, a position he tilled 
until October, 1890, when he became a citizen of Ogden. 

Judge Maginnis has met with great success as a wy 
having been retained as counsel in many important and diificult 
cases. His work as chief justice of Wyoming was most satis- 
factory to the people of that territory, where his great ability 
and the justice of his decisions won for him the lasting esteem 
and good will of the inhabitants. 
Since opening a law office in Ogden he has enjoyed an active 

and successful practice, 
and his high legal at- 
tainments have been 
recognized and duly ap- 
preciated by the citizens 
of this community. 
Independent of his law 
practice Judge Magin- 
nis is decidedly a public 
spirited man of enter- 
prise and progressive 
ideas. He lends his 
• endorsement and sup- 
O port to all meritorious 
£ projects, and having 
S permanently cast his 
§ interests in this city 
w takes an active part in 
p such movements as are 
^ wholesome and benefi- 
^ cial to the piiblic wel- 
fare. He occupies 
Q oflScee in the Btayner 
3 building. 



JUDGE HENRY P. 

HENDERSON. 

Judge Henry V. Hen- 
derson, attorney at law, 
Ogden, Utah, was born 
in Onondaga, county. 
New York in 1842. 
When but a child his 
father removed to Lan- 



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sing Michigan, where he remained for a time and then went 
into 'the new county of Ingham and settled on a farm. In 
1854 his father was elected county sheriff, and thereupon 
removed to Mason, the county seat. 

Mr. Henderson attended school at Mason and afterward re- 
ceived an academic education at Lansing, Michigan. In 1862 
he was appointed deputy clerk of lugham county and as such 
had entire charge of the office. 

In 1864 he was elected county clerk, and also appointed 
clerk of the supreme court of Michigan. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1867 and at once formed a law partnership with 
Judge Huntington, locating at Mason. 

This tirm continued for years when .Judge Huntington was 
elected circuit judge of Michigan. In 1874 Mr. Henderson was 
elected prosecuting attorney for Ingham county, in which cap- 
acity his faithful and meritorious work, gained for him the 
confidence and esteem of the people of that county. 

In 1878 he was elected 
a member of the Mich- 
igan House of Repre- 
sentatives, and in 1880 
nominated Attorney- 
General of Michigan on 
the democratic ticket, 
but owing to the pre- 
dominancy of republi- 
canism in that state, 
was defeated. 

In 1880 he opened a 
law office and built up a 
very extensive and suc- 
cessful practice. He 
maintained the business 
until 1886, when upon 
receiving an appoint- 
ment as associated jus- 
tice for Utah, he came 
to this Territory. 

During his law prac- 
tice Mr. Henderson has 
exhibited remarkable 
force and ability, his 
perfect familiarity with 
the law, force of speech 
and penetrating nature 
has won for him many 
signal successes, and 
his honorable and sin- 
cere efforts have brought 
him the esteem of both 
the judiciary and asso- 
ciate attorneys. In the 
celebrated Marble mur- 
der case, wherein 
charges of murder were 
preferred against a Mrs. 
Marble, her son, and a 
Mr. Martin, which took 
place in 1875; Mr. Hen- 
derson was employed 
by the county to assist 
in the prosecution. 

Gov. Blair, Dark and 
Shields and S. S. Kil- 
boiirne, all learned and 
able lawyers, appeared 
for the defense. The 




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HON. E. M. ALLISON, Jr. 



case was tried several times in different courts and excited great 
attention and interest. It was tried before the supreme court 
of Michigan and Mr. Henderson prepared the indictment 
against Mrs. Marble, aod the protracted trial resulted in con- 
viction. 

In the famous "Lansing Conspiracy Cases" against Monroe 
and Dayton, Mr. Henderson was retained as attorney for the 
plaintitf, and, as is well known, the case resulted in the 
establishment of conspiracy. While at Mason, Mich., Mr. 
Henderson was prominently identified with public institutions 
and private enterprises, independent of his law business. For 
12 years he was a member of the Board of Trustees and vice 
president and director of the First National Bank of that city. 
Since taking up his abode in this city, he has repeatedly proven 
himself a highly qualified legal advisor, as well as a loyal and 
sterling citizen. 

He has located permanently in Utah and takes great interest 
in her progress. 



EDWARD MARTIN ALLISON, JR. 

One of the most popular and successful young attorneys of 
Ogdeu is Hon. Edward Martin Allison, who was elected a 
member of the city council in the spring of 1891 from the Fourth 
Ward. Mr. Allison is a native of Utah, having been born in 
Lehi, Utah county, this Territory, Decemlaer 13, 1863, being now 
a little past twenty-eight years of age. His father was a 
farmer by occupation and was engaged in this business near 
Lehi at the time of the birth of the subject of this sketch. 
When the boy was two years old, his parents moved to Coal- 
ville, Summit county, Utah. There young Allison lived with 
his parents, attending school part of the time until 1880, when 
he went to Salt Lake City and entered the University of 
Deseret, taking a three and a half years oour.se at that institu- 
tion of learning. He then returned to Coalville and taught 
district school during two years, at the same time reading law 

under the direction of 
J. L. Rawlins, of Salt 
Lake city. In 1884 he 
was elected county at- 
torney of Summit coun- 
ty, the duties of which 
office he filled with 
honor to himself for the 
period of two years. In 
1886 he again received 
the nomination for the 
same office but was de- 
feated. 

In February, 1887, 
Mr. Allison's real career 
as an attorney com- 
menced, he being at 
that time admitted to 
the bar by the supreme 
court of Utah Territory. 
Just one year later, in 
February, 1888, became 
to Ogden determined to 
make this city his home 
and the field of his legal 
operations. He soon 
formed a partnership 
with Judge P. II. 
Emerson that continued 
until March, 1889, when 
Judge Emerson died. 
In July nf the same 
year, Mr. Allison formed 
a partnership with Hon. 
James N. Kimball, 
which partnership still 
exists. Since coming to 
Ogden and entering 
upon the practice of his 
chosen profession, Mr. 
Allison has made a great 
reputation for himself 
as a careful, conscien- 
tious and able lawyer 
and has achieved a suc- 
cess that few young 
men of his age obtain. 
He has been engaged in 
a number of the most 
important criminal 



cases that have come before the First District court of Utah dur- 
ing the past three years, prominent among which may be men- 
tioned the Mark Hall, Griffin and Dillon murder cases, all long 
and hard-fought trials and all noted cases. In the first two cases 
mentioned he was for the defense, and in the latter he had 
entire charge of the prosecution. In his legal work he is a close 
student, methodical and strong pleader and before a jury is 
distinguished for the soundness and force of his argument. 
These qualities are so marked that on August 1, 1891, he was 
appointed assistant United States district attorney, having in 
charge the work coming before the First District court. 

November 13, 1890, Mr. Allison, having become weary of 
single blessedness, married Miss Rowene Cook of Ogden, a 
young lady of engaging presence and estimable worth. 

Of Mr. Allison's record as a city councilman, much can be 
said in earnest, true praise and commendation. As would be 
naturally supposed he is chairman of the committee on laws 
and also a member of the claims committee, two of the most 




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important committees of tliat body. In all liis work be is care- 
ful an<i conservative, always on the alert tOKuard the interests 
of his constituents and advance the material interests of the 
city. He is a terse, sharp earnest, debater and when questions 
are before the council for discussion lie presents his views in a 
lofrical and convincing manuer. He is unostentatious in 
manner, earnest and honest in his views, and hie opinions 
carry great weight with his colleagues. Thus his views have 
become embodied largely in some of the most important 
legislation that this council has done. 



C. C. RICHARDS. 

Probably no man in Utah to-day has worked bis way up so 
rapidly and gained by his own ability and personal endeavors 
as high a position of iitH\ience and prominence, as Mr. C. C. 
Richards the subject of our sketch. Mr. Richards started with 
practically nothing and 
although but thirty-two 
years of age he is now- 
one of the leading and 
most inlluential busi- 
ness men of Ogden. 
His education and 
knowledge of busiuees 
atTairs have been ac- 
quired in the practiciil 
schools of learning, hav- 
ing been connected with 
various public otficea 
and commercial enter- 
prises from boyhood. 
He is a native of Ogden 
and all his ventures and 
interests have been cen- 
tered in the city and 
Territory. When but 
thirteen years of age he 
was taken into the 
county clerk's office, 
where he remained in 
various capacities for 
fifteen years. In lS7"i 
he was appointed dep- 
uty county clerk, filling 
the position until 1883, 
when he was elected 
county clerk and the 
following year elected 
county attorney. In 
188r. and ISRS he was 
re-elected to this office, 
aid during his tenure of 
otli'ie was looked upon 
as one of the most able 
lawyers ever chosen for 
that position. 

His knowledge of law 
had been ac(|uire<l by 
arduous study, during 
the short hours he was 
relieved from duty in 
the county clerks office. 
His implacalile ambi- 
tion and inherent oap- 
al)ilities enabled him 
to fully master the sub- 
ject and the successes 

he has achieved and the unrelenting perseverance he has exhibit- 
ed is not only creditable to himself, but hasl)rought him, in a great 
measure, to the present advanced position he occupies in the 
business interests of Ogden. Mr. Richards served three terms 
as county clerk and three terms ;i8 county attorney. In .Tune, 
1884. he was admitted to practice before the bar of the supreme 
court of Utah, and in December, 1887, before the United States 
Supreme Court. In the fall of 1887 he was elected member of 
the Territorial House of Representatives, and in 1880 to the 
legislative council. He was chosen as representative in these 
respective capacities, not only for bis recognized ability and 
competency, but because during his brief though eventful 
public career, he had popularized himself wifh the people of 
Weber county and gained a wide circle of bosom friends 
among the leading and influential citizens of the community. 
In addition to the offices mentioned above, he served one 



term in the Territorial Board of Kqualization of Taxes, and 
also one term as regent to the University of Deseret. 

Within the past two years, however, his private affairs 
demanded so much of his personal time and attention, that he 
has withdrawn from public work, and now devotes himself to 
his larger interest in the Utah Loan & Trust Co., and other 
leading corporations. 

As president of this banking institution he has repeatedly 
proven himself a man of superior general qualifications and a 
sound and able financier. By his careful painstaking effort and 
keen business sagacity its affairs have been guided safely and 
wisely through a successful and prosperous career, until it now 
stands impregnably fortified against all financial depressions or 
other contingencies, and is regarded as one of the most sub- 
stantial and solid banking corporations in the West. 

It is but meet to say that Mr. Richards is well deserving of 
the great success that has attended his efforts thus far, and his 

high reputation and 
wide spread popularity, 
so honorably achieved 
and so persistently 
maintained, are but the 
logical outcome of un- 
wavering fidelity in 
principal and conscien- 
tious direction of in- 
born capabilities to the 
wisest results. 




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HON. 



H. H. ROLAPP. 

Hon. Henry H. Ro- 
lapp, one of < )gden's 
prominent and inlluen- 
tial citizens, is a (ler- 
man by nativity, having 
been born in Flensburg, 
Germany, in 1859. 
When twenty years of 
age Mr. Kolapp left his 
native land and came to 
this country, locating in 
this city, lie received 
a thorough education in 
Germany, and after 
coming beresoon turned 
his attention to law, for 
which he had a natural 
fondness and aptitude. 
After pursuing bis 
studies here for some 
time he went to .\nn 
Arbor, Michigan, where 
he entered the law 
school. There he con- 
tinued until March, 
issi.when he graduated 
with honor. 

lieturning after his 
graduation, Mr. Rolapp 
formed a law partner- 
ship with Hon. ('. C 
Richards, the firm name 
being Richards A Ro- 
lapp. Before going to 
.\nn .Arbor Mr. l!olai>p 
was assistant prosecut 
ing attorney of Bear Lake county. Idaho, and also engaged in 
active general practice in that county, he leaving there to take 
advantage of a thorough law course at one of the best institu- 
tions in the country. 

In .Vugust. 188,5, Mr. Rolapp was elected the connty assessor 
of this (Weber) county, which position he held for two j ears. 
In 1887 he was the assistant prosecuting attorney of the county, 
and this office he held until I8O11. In the same year, ]8.'i7, he 
was appointed secretary of the board of directors of the Terri- 
torial Reform School, which be still holds. He was also in 188!) 
appointed by the legislature court commissioner of Northern 
Utah. .\t the present time he is cashier of the Utah Loan <t 
Trust Co., having been selected to fill that most important 
position in April, 1891. 

During the years of his resilience in Ogden, Mr. Rolapp has 
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character of which any 
man might well be 
proud. As a lawyer he 
is keen, shrewd and 
successful, a broad 
thinker and close stu- 
dent with a peculiar 
faculty of applying 
principles to situations, 
and in the possession of 
these qualifications his 
success has lain. As a 
business man the same 
qualities have been 
shown, together with 
that careful conserva- 
tism which marks the 
successful man. Mr. 
Eolapp is still young, 
and the future for him 
is bright- 



division at the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Peyton was born Sep- 
tember 28, 1868 at Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe county, 
West Virginia. He received instruction under a private tutor 
until fourteen years of age, and then attended the public 
schools of his native district, for two years when he entered 
Captain Cables Male Academy, at Staunton, Virginia. He 
studied diligently for a year and then began reading law in the 
office of Judge Homer A. Holt, at Louisburg, West Virginia, 
now one of the associate justices supreme court of that State. 




and his forceful manner of address, and sound and ready argu- 
ment at once carries conviction to the minds of his hearers. 

Mr. Peyton has certainly compassed the art of oratory. 
His great command of language supplemented by the southern 
fire of his nature, and the happy manner in which he blends the 
figures of rhetoric with dry statistics, and wit and humor with 
logical argument brings to bear a combination of more than 
ordinary power. 



z 

g W. L. PICKETT 
PEYTON. 

W. L. Pickett Peyton, 
one of the bright and 
promising attorneys of 
S. this city, is an admirable 
■g illustration of the class 
o of young men practic- 
'i ing before the bar of 
•^ Utah to-day. He comes 
>. from an old and hon- 
"X ored Virginia family. 
2 His father. Col. Chas. S. 
K. Peyton was a colonel in 
the charge of Pickett's 
Here he applied himself diligently to his studies and entered 
the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville. His ability as a 
student and speaker soon become apparent. The legal profes- 
sion not only proved a delight to bis natural talent, but untir- 
ing devotion to the arduous calling he had set out to master, 
carried him through with marked rapidity. He attended the 
University of West Virginia, at Morgantown, that State for one 
year, graduating in June, 1889 with the degree L. L., B. This 
he accomplished in one session, and at the age of twenty. In 

November, 1890 be re- 
moved to Hutchinson, 
Kansas, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in that 
city, January, 1890. 

After an extended 
trip through Oklahoma, 
Indian Territory. Texas 
and Missouri. Mr. Pey- 
ton located in Ogden, 
where he found a con- 
genial, field for the ex- 
ercise of his energies 
and abilities. Since 
>■ taking up his perma- 
~, nent abode in this city, 
he has forged rapidly to 
5 the front, and is already 
H oneof the most popular 
a and highly esteemed of 
^ the younger members 
&-' of the Utah bar. He is 
j not only thorough and 
capable as a lawyer, but 
■' possesses to an eminent 
degree the rare qualities 
that go to make up a 
J successful and effective 
£ public speaker. Being 
.o a staunch democrat, and 
§ perfectly familiar with 
I local and national poli- 
^ tics, he has naturally 
>, directed his attention 
■^ to that sphere of activ- 
o ity, has stumped the 

£ county and Territory in 

the interests of his party, 
He was sent as a delegate to the Territorial convention held 
at Salt Lake City, for the purpose of organizing a permanent 
Territorial democratic party, was also a delegate from the 
fourth precinct to the first democratic convention,held in Ogden 
to nominate candidates, and has been otherwise honored. He has 
the reputation of a brilliant man, and predictions as to his 
future, indicate the high estimation in which the possession of 
exceptional talents is held by all classes and conditions of 



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O. R. LEONARD 



Was the youngest of six children, whose parents resided on a 
farm in Gaysville, Windsor county, Vermont. After arriving iit 
the requisite age his time was divided between the solioolhouse 
and work upon the farm, iiiitil lie was sixteen years old, when 
he commenced fitting himself for college by teaching school in 
the winter and attemling the Ivandolph Academy during the 
summer. Eventually he entered Dartmouth College, helping 
to pay his way by the continuance of those winter terms of 
school teaching, where he remained until his senior year. 
After leaving Dartmouth he removed to California and entered 
the ollice of IJelclier \- Helcher, at Marysville, for the purpose 
of studving law, and was admitted to the bar in .\pril, 1863. 
On the"2;id day of the 
following May, he arriv- 
ed at Star City, in 1 1 iim- 
boldt county, Nevada. 

No laggard could 
have succeeded in the 
active regions and brill- 
iant surroundings in 
which he found himself 
when, as a young law- 
yer, he entered upon 
the scene cif his future 
trials and triumphs. At 
the period when he en- 
tered upon the practice 
of law the bar of Hum- 
boldt County was one 
that emliraced among 
its members many of 
the legal lights of tbat 
territory. It was a high 
order of legal talent, 
and for a young man 
and practitioner to gain 
recognition among such 
Titans of the bar re- 
quired ability, know- 
ledge of the law, nerve 
and perseverance far in 
excess of the average. 
Within a few months 
after his arrival he was 
elected District Attor- 
ney, and held that posi- 
tion by re-election for 
five years, when he re- 
moved from Star City 
to I'uionville, and be- 
came the law partner of 
Judge 10. F. Dunn. lu 
18CS he was a repub- 
lican delegate to the 
Chicago convention 
that nominated General 
Grant for President, and 
always having been a 
Union man was married 
while East to Miss Eliza 
Sylvester, of West New- 
berry, Massachusetts. 

The practice of law 
was continued by him until 1872, when he became Judge of 
the Fourth .Tudicial District. In 1874, at Winnemucca, he 
resumed the law practice again and continued it at that 
place until elected in 1876 to the Supreme Hench of Nevada. 
Tliis important ju<licial position he continued to till until 
January, ISS'J, when, owing to tlie failing health of his wife 
he was compelled to resign and go to California. The change 
in climate seemed not to arrest her declining health. She 
continued to grow worse, and in March, 181)0 succumbed to 
the grim hand of death. After the death of his wife Judge 
Leonard remained in California a short time and then came to 
Ogden and formed a law partnership with J. II. .MacMillen, 
under the firm name of Leonanl .t MacMillen. A successful 
practice has been built up, and they are now regarded among 
the most able and trustworthy attorneys of this city. 

.Judge Leonard is a gentleman of fine literary and legal 
attainments. He is genial in his associations, atTable i ii address, 
generous in his judgment of his fellows and courteous to all. 
As an attorney his cases are prosecnted with a persistence and 



tenacity of purpose that leave no jnst cause for defeat; as a 

judge he possesses a well-earned reputation of unimpeachable 
honor and integrity of purpose, as well as that of an able and 
erudite jurist. 



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JAMES N. KIMBALL. 

Among the prominent attorneys of Ogden, and one who 
has exhibited high legal attainments is Mr. .Tames N. Kimbnll 
of the law firm of Kimball it Allison. He was born at Livonia, 
Washington county, Indiana, and is forty-three years of age. 
His early education was acquired in the public schools of his 

native town, also at 
Hanover College in .Jef- 
ferson county, that 
State. At the age of 
seventeen he Viegan the 
study of law, and was 
admitted to the bar 
April, 1870. Two years 
later he commenced the 
practice at Indianapolis 
as a member of the law 
firm of Gordon, Browne, 
Lamb & Ivimball. One 
year subsequent he 
opened an office of his 
own, and maintained a 
successful practice until 
March, 1874, when he 
removed to ITtah, and 
immediately formed a 
law partnership under 
the firm name of Whit- 
ney & Kimball, after- 
ward changed to Suth- 
erland A- Kimball. He 
remained in Salt Lake 
City until 1878. 

In October of that 
year he made a tour 
East and remained 
twelve months. I'pon 
his return in 1880 he 
located in the city of 
Ogden and formed a 
partnership with Mr. 
A. K. Havwood under 
tlie title of Kimball A- 
Haywood. In 1886 the 
firm name was changed 
to Kimball \- White, 
and in 1880 Mr. Kim- 
ball joined Mr. E. M. 
Allison with whom he 
is still associated, the 
firm being classed 
among the foremost at- 
torneys in the city. 

During the years Mr. 
Kimball has followed 
his chosen profession 
in this city, his work 
has been characterized by careful, painstaking efforts, .ind he 
has exhibited marked ability in handling difficult and com- 
plicated cases. He is a member of the Territorial legislature 
to which he has been elected, and re-elected on the Liberal 
ticket, is now president of the Board of Trustees of the Terri- 
torial Reform school, also city attorney for Ogden. 

While residing in Indiana in 1867 he was appointed deputy 
treasurer of the State, filling that responsible position for four 
years, and from February 10, 1871 until January 1, 1872, he 
acted as treasurer of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago 
Railroad Co., in both of which positions he displayed wonder- 
ful executive ability. 

In all respects Mr. Kimball is a loyal and sterling citizen, 
and takes a deep interest in the progress and material welfare 
of Ogden. 




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A. B. PATTON. 

Judge A. B. Patton, of this city, was born in Fayette county, 
Pennsylvania, in 1846. When but five years of age he removed 
with his parents to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. His early education 
was acquired in the schools of that city, and at the age of 
seventeen he began teaching school and at the same time attend- 
ing the Wesleyan University, his salary as instructor being 
used to defray college expenses. He followed this plan until 
1872, when he was admitted to the bar. In 1874 he removed to 
Pueblo, Colorado, and opened a law office, and continued in the 
same place until 1890, during which time he succeeded in 
building up a large and substantial practice, and was retained 
as counsel in many important and complicated cases. 

While in Pueblo he 
was tendered the posi- 
tion of county judge 
for Pueblo county, but 
owing to the extensive 
private practice he en- 
joyed, and the great 
demand for his ser- 
vices as an attorney by 
the people of that com- 
munity, who had come 
to regard him, from 
the repeated successes 
he had achieved, as an 
able and highly quali- 
fied lawyer, he declin- 
ed to accept the posi- 
tion. Judge Patton 
came to Ogden about 
two years ago, and 
opened an otKce, much 
of his time and atten- 
tion, however, has 
been devoted to mak- 
ing careful and judic- 
ious investments in 
choice city property. 
He has unwavering 
faith in the fact that a 
great future awaits the 
city of Ogden, and be- 
lieves that the inex- 
haustible resources 
with which she is im- 
mediately surrounded, 
and her superior rail- 
way facilities cannot 
but result in a won- 
derful growth and ex- 
pansion in all direc- 
tions within the com- 
ing few years. 

Since taking up his 
abode in this city, he 
has proved himself a 
sterling and enterpris- 
ing citizen as well as 
an able and efficient 
lawyer, and is rapidly 
building up an exten- 
sive practice. All wor- 
thy public-spirited 
movements meet with 
his hearty support and 
endorsement, and he 
is ever ready and will- 
ing to assist in advanc- 
ing every cause which has for its object the solid and substan- 
tial growth and prosperity of the city. 




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HON. A. B. PATTON. 



H. W. SMITH. 

Mr. H. W. Smith, a member of the law firm of Smith 
A Smith, prominent attorneys, was born in Hickman county, 
Kentucky,thirty-four years ago. He wasedircatedattheMilburn, 
Kentucky, Acadamy, where he remained until his sixteenth 
year when he taught school, continuing for three years iu that 
arduous field of usefulness, meanwhile studying law. He was 
admitted to practice as an attorney in all the courts of Ken- 
tucky before reaching his majority, and began his professional 
career at Blandville in his native state, as partnernf the Hon. G. 



W. Bugg of Bollard county, the firm being Bugg & Smith, and 
attaining to wide reputation both as advocates and counselors. 
In December, 1878, he removed to Malad City, Idaho, where 
he met with abundant success. He remained there until 1885 
and then moved to Blackfoot also in that state, where he was 
retained as counsel in many important and difficult oases, 
involving questions of great moment. One in particular was 
that involving the validity of the law disfranchising the 
Mormons in Idaho. The case extended over a long period 
and ultimately reaching the United States Supreme Court, and 
the record establishes the fact that Mr. Smith succeeded in 
maintaining the validity of the law on the point in question. 
In April, 1885, he was admitted to practice in the United States 
Supreme Court. At that time he had charge of a very im- 
portant case against 
the Utah i Northern 
Railroad Company, in- 
volving the question 
of taxing the railway 
on an Indian reserva 
tion. The case was im- 
portant and compli- 
cated, and terminated 
in Mr. Smith's favor. 

Mr. Smith came to 
Ogden in 18S7, and at 
once associated him- 
self with Mr. Ransford 
Smith, forming a law 
partnership under the 
firm name of Smith & 
Smith. The firm has 
continued in business 
from that time until 
the present and now 
enjoys a large and suc- 
cessful practice. His 
career has been bo^h 
active and eventful. 
His record as a sound 
and able lawyer is 
amply attested in the 
great successes he has 
achieved, and his va- 
ried and wide exper- 
ience has familiarized 
him with all phases of 
the legal profession. 
He has during his law 
practice tried seven- 
teen murder cases, 
prevailing in all save 
one. 

The reputHtion Mr. 
Smith established in 
Idaho brought the 
firm of Smith k Smith 
many important cases 
in that State, one of 
which may be men- 
tioned, that of Sample 
• •rr against the State 
Board of Equalization. 
Smiths Smith appear- 
ed for the prosecution, 
and as a result the 
actions of the State 
Board were held to be 
invalid. Many other 
cases can be cited in 
which the firm mem- 
bers have distinguished themselves for ability and cleverness 
as attorneys and legal advisers. Aside from his extended law 
business, Mr. Smith has taken a deep interest in the growth 
and progress of Ogden and confidently believes that a great 
future awaits the City as the wonderful resources with which 
it is surrounded are developed, and he further believes that 
the united action of all citizens in a public spirited way, can 
accomplish a wonderful amount of good and bring about the 
desired end with all possible speed. 

Mr. Smith who has always taken an active interest in politi- 
cal matters, was twice elected to the Legislative Council of 
Idaho, and during both terms was chairman of the Judiciary 
Committee. He is at present a member of the Democratic 
County Committee of Weber county. 




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COL. PERCIVAL J. BARRATT. 

Colonel Barratt was born in Devonshire, EnglauJ, not far 
from the catheilral city ot Exeter and close to tbe estuary of 
the Exe, mid wooded parks and rugsjed hills. His playcround 
the grand old ocean and his lullaby the dash of its restless 
waves. In oldeu times smagglers had their hidius places 
amid the rocks on which, boy-like, the subject of our sketch 

hunted nests and lay in summer sunshine upon the green 

turf, watching the navies of the world go to and fro bent on 

commerce or warlike missions. There, too, when the fierce 

wintry winds sang reqniems over the sailors' graves and 

stilled the voices of 

drowning men, would 

he and his school- 
mates watch the ves- 
sels drifting to their 

doom, hear the signal 

guns and pray with 

bated breath for the 

success of the lifeboat 

and its crew as they 

strove to the rescue. 
Scarce a cottage for 

miles around the col- 
onel's birthplace but 

had offered up some 

member of its family 

to the fury of the sea. 

Here the boy read 

legends of the adven- 
turous lives of those, 

who like himself first 

saw the light on fair 

Devonia's soil or list- 
ened to the old salt's 

tales of naval battles, 

pirates, slavers and of 

travels in unknown 

seas. No wonder then 

that after a careful, 

classical education 

and seven years of 

study in legal lore, 

the colonel longed for 

change, and when the 

tidings of the new 

Eldorado reached his 

island home he was 

one of the fever (gold) 
stricken ones and 
sailed away to Mel- 
bourne in search of the 
yellow metal, where 
like many others he 
passed through the 
vicissitudes of life, full 
of 'scapes by laud and 
sea and asei.sted iu 
building up a greater 
Britain in the south- 
ern hemisphere of his 
Btniggles,travels,hard- 
ships, history of suc- 
cesses in the southern 
seas, extending from 
torrid heats to the fri- 
gid zoneof the Anartic 
regions. Space is too 

limited in this brief Photo bj Nc-wcoml, Bn.e.. 
sketch to portray — sufficient it is to say, thousands of those 
who took part with him therein, now sleep the sleep that 
knows no waking, under the golden wattle or 'neath the 
sunlit sea. VVnilst the colonel being of more stubborn make, 
lives to-day full of pluck, energy and endurance, with a 
prospect of for a long time enjoyinst the harvest snatched from 
the fickle goddess. But while a man may "laugh at fortune 
and grapple with his evil star" and bid defiance to his enemies, 
there is a subtle foe which the strongest arm cannot drive or 
best defended home repel. Thus in the early '70's when 
everything bid fair, death came and stole away the colonel's 
richest treasure, his son and only child. This, followed by the 
sickness of his wife, induced him to say farewell to the Sunny 
South and turn his face to the Ian 1 of freedom, there to be^in 
afresh life's battles. Arriving in San Francisco, the cjluuel, 



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like a good general, looked around, to select the best field 
finally out of the then wild and woolly west he chose the peace- 
ful valleys of Utah, where as a stranger, alien and gentile, he 
arrived in 1870. With a prophetic judgment, which has cosmo- 
politan training and had matured, he threw his lot in with the 
then small town of Ogden. Six weeks after he was admitted by 
examination, to the Utah bar; hanging out his shingle, he 
ever since has practiced law in this city. Shortly afterwards 
he was appointed U. S. Assistant District Attorney under the 
then U. S. District .Vttorney Van Zile, which office he held for 
several years until his private practice rendered it necessary to 
resign his public appointment. To show what this city then 

was we have only to 
say there were but 
three attorneys at law 
in Ogden at the time 
of Colonel Barratt's 
arrival, of whom the 
colonel alone remains. 
The number increased 
and a bar association 
was formed, to whose 
efforts are mainly to 
be attributed the sep- 
aration of < igden in 
18.S8 from the Third 
district, and the estab- 
lishment of a district 
court in this city. 
Prior to this every 
case above that triable 
in a justice's court and 
all appeals from jus- 
tices had to be heard 
in Salt Lake City from 
the Nevada.Idaho and 
Wyoming lines, caus- 
ing witnesses and suit- 
ors to travel hundreds 
of miles, in days, too, 
when stage coaches 
and buckboards were 
the principal means of 
transportation. Now 
properly, cases arising 
in Weber, Box Elder, 
Cache, Rich and Mor- 
gan counties, are tried 
in Ogden. In 1880, 
associated with a few 
other gentlemen. Col- 
onel Barratt bought a 
tract of forty acres of 
land adjoining the city 
and had it surveyed 
and laid out as "The 
Mountain View Ceme- 
tery Association," the 
only private cemetery 
association iu Ogden, 
and became and ever 
since has been a direc- 
tor thereof and on its 
board of management, 
holding to-day over 
one-sixth of its valu- 
able stock. 

In mining the col- 
onel has liberally 
spent much in de- 
veloping Utah claims as one of the greatest mining centers 
of the world. For some two years Colonel Barratt owned and 
edited the Oi/ilcn Anjiis newspaper and, unlike the experience 
of most newspaper proprietors who ceiise the publication of 
such, made it pav. In 1889 finding that the labor of newspaper 
vork encroached too much upon his time, he sold out the plant 
and gave increased attention to his professional duties. Like 
all old settlers, regardless of creed or politics, of the "(^ueen 
City of the Mountains," he is intensely loyal to the city of his 
adoption and has aided and taken an active part in every 
enterprise designed to develop the resources of Utah aud the 
up-building of Ogden. In ISS'.I, considering that the time had 
arrived wheu a militia should be organized. Colonel Barratt at 
great expense to himself, there being uo Territorial funds for 
that purpose, sQCoeoded in orgaaizing the uucleus uf the lat 




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regiment Utah Xatioual Guard iu Ogdeu, and was elected 
colonel tliereot, and during the carnival our citizen soldiers 
did much towards making that event the greatest that the West 
ever saw. During the Indian outbreak at Pine Ridge, Mayor 
Kiesel received a message from Salt Lake, inquiring in case of 
need how many of the guards would go to the front. He 
immediately called on Colonel Barratt and asked him the 
question. It was a bitter cold day, the snow was falling and 
winter was in its severest mood. The colonel was seated at 
his desk in his warm and cozy office. L3oking up from his 
work he said: "Telephone back, '200 in two hours." Sometime 
after report was received that Pocatello was in danger of an 
Indian raid. With promptness which showed that he believed 
business comfort and every other consideration had to give 
way to what he considered his duty, Colonel Barratt tele- 
graphed Governor Thomas that "the guards were ready when- 
ever called upon to proceed to that point." Fortunately in 
neither case were their services required, but the office of 
Colonel Barratt was during the whole of this period crowded 
with volunteers who were willing to proceed to the scene of 
action. In fraternal matters Colonel Barratt has few peers. 
Many of the local lodges bear his uame upon their charters. 



and nearly all his name on their roll of officers past or present. 
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a K. of P., P. D. G. 
M. of A. O. U. W., P. G. of I. O. O. F., P. D. C. R. of A. O. F., 
P. G. M. of I. O. O. F. (Manchester Unity), P. V. G. Incohonee 
of I. O. R. M., P. D. C. G. of Chosen Friends, Assistant Grand 
Secretary O. S. S. G. Pacific Coast Jurisdiction, P. of B. A. A. 
and belongs to a number of other societies and organizations 
in various parts of the world, in all of which none take a greater 
interest, his motto being "The brotherhood of God and the 
brotherhood of man." The social gatherings and the hospi- 
tality of the colonel and his estimable wife at their residence 
"up the hill" is proverbial. He is a fluent speaker and an able 
writer in National politics. He is a Republican and although 
the snows of fifty winters have tinged the colonel's hair with 
silver, yet he is ever ready to work indefatigably for whatever 
cause he thinks is right. 

The colonel has only one child living, a daughter, Miss 
Ada, now just budding into womenhood, preparing under 
the fostering care of the Sisters of the Holy Cross for gradua- 
tion. Everybody who enjoys Colonel Barratt's acquaintance 
wishes that he may live long and still work for Ogden's 
advancement. 



HON. DAVID EVANS. 
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PROVO CITY. 




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FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND VIEW OF SEVENTH AND J STHEETS. 



Not only is Provo the l:ir<;est and most attractive center of 
Utah county, but one of the very best cities in the Territory. 
The city is most admirably located, surrounded by a populous 
and prosperous area of country, possessing all the appur- 
tenances and ap|)ointments that can in any way add to the 
wealth and importance attained since the first settlement made 
in that vicinity, more than half a century ago. 

The amount of land under cultivation in Utah county ap- 
proximates 42,000 acres, of this, something like ;^7 ,000 require 
irrigation, about 16,000 acres are enclosed. The valley is 
watered by the Tinipangus river, American Fork, Spanish 
Fork, and Hobble and Salt creeks, all of which originate in 
the Wasatch mountains, and empty into Utah Lake, furnishing 
enroutc thither a motive power of surpassing value. Utah 
Lake lies west of the city, and is described as " the most charm- 
ing body of fresh water in the Intcr-Mountain region." -Vgri- 
cullure rules in the county, a source of wealth steadily appre- 
ciating, and mining though in its infancy, holds out induce- 
ments as glittering as they are conclusive. Within but a short 
distance from Provo, some of the largest and richest deposits 
of iron ore are known to exist in the United States, are to be 
found. A company, "The Utah X'alley Iron Mining and 
Manufacturing Company," has been organized for their devel- 
opment and the working of the product into marketable com- 
modities. And while mining has thus far formed no important 
part of the active and substantial industries which contribute 
to the city's advancement, there are deposits of mineral that 



must in the near future be utilized with profit. The coal sup- 
ply available is equally inexhaustible, and the remaining 
natural advantages, a perfect climate, magnificent scenery, 
pure and bracing air, etc., for which the Territory is famed the 
world over, are never absent. 

For all of this cultivatableand productive area, Provo is the 
central market and shipping point- the base of supplies for a 
section of the country thickly settled with a people whose in- 
dustry and consequent independence are topics of universal 
commendation. 

The city's growth was comparatively slow until the con- 
struction of the Rio Grande Western into her environs, after 
which new comers began to flock into the valley, and indus- 
tries other than the tillage of the soil became established. 
Educational facilities improved, numerous lines of professional 
business were opened, and mercantile endeavor was greeted 
with welcome returns. The city, according to recent data, con- 
tains a population of more than fi,(KKl, and property, the 
assessed valuation of which is not far from $.5.1 K K l,( K>(. The 
taste evinced in laying out the city is the frequent subject of 
complimintary remarks, and the beauty of design displayed 
in the homes which embellish the avenues as also the 
public buildings, and buildings devoted to commercial 
and other pursuits arc the subjects of unstinted admiration. 
The streets are broad and smooth and clean, almost hidden 
from view in the foliage of trees that line their sides, and 
streams of sparkling, babbling water, fresh from the mountain 



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fastness flow merrily along, 
giving additional spice to 
the endless variety of at- 
tractions one sees on every 
side. In all the rec[uisites 
essential to good govern- 
ment, tlie city is fully 
equipped, having officials 
of large experience and 
acknowledged capacity as 
administrators of the will 
of constituencies not more 
distinguished for their law- 
abiding character than for 
their punctuality and good 
faith, in the transaction of 
business affairs. Efficient 
police and fire departments 
are maintained; the sew- 
erage system is thorough 
and complete, and a water 
works system representing 
an outlay of Sl.JO.OOO, and 
having more than twenty 
miles of distribution is em- 
ployed. Electric lights 
have been substituted for 
illuminating purposes in 
business houses and resi- 
dences, while telephonic 
communication is enjoyed 
by citizens with their neigh- 
bors at home, as also with those in Salt Lake City, Ogden and 
elsewhere. A complete line of street railway service is also in 
operation. 

Churches open their doors to devout communicants of 
nearly every denomination, and both public and private schools 
of superior excellence are located at convenient and available 
points. Among the latter are the B. Y. Academy, a model in- 
stitution; the Proctor Academy having an enrollment of loO 
pupils; the Baptist Home Mission school. East Ohio Mission 
school, and others departmented from primary to collegiate, 
and most ably managed. The press of the city is of the high- 




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Photo by Anderson. 



COURT HOUSE AT PBOVO. 



TERRITORIAL INSANE ASYLUM AT PKOVO. 

est type, represented by the Daily Enquirer, republican, and 
the Morning Dispatch, democratic, together with two semi- 
weeklies and one paper issued weekly. The banks are " solid 
financial institutions," under the direction of men of enterprise, 
character and splendid abilities. They include the First Na- 
tional, the National Bank of Commerce, the Prove Commercial 
and Savings bank, and the Utah County Savings bank, with an 
aggregate capital close on to S-50,000, and surplus to a large 
amount. In addition to the above there are fifteen corpora- 
tions domiciled and doing business in Provo, requiring an im- 
mense capital, and productive of advantageous results. Facil- 
ities for rapid transit of both passengers 
and freight are complete and satisfactory. 
The railroads include the Utah Central, 
Denver & Rio Grande Western, Union Pa- 
cific and the Utah, Nevada & California 
systems. The Utah Central makes Provo 
its supply station. Other railroads will be 
constructed as soon as their presence be- 
comes necessary, and no lack of enterprise 
on the part of citizens need be apprehended. 
There are a number of first-class hotels, 
and the public buildings are among the 
handsomest and most admired of any w-est 
of the Missouri river. The Territorial In- 
sane Asylum two miles east of the city, 
"stands pre-eminently at the head." The 
structure is 400 feet in length and 130 feet 
in height. It is provided with all modern 
conveniences, and when fully completed, 
(during 189^,) accommodations can be fur- 
nished for nearly SOO inmates. The Taber- 
nacle, a commodious and costly house of 
worship, occupies a plat of ground near the 
city's center; the Provo Opera House, cost- 
ing S?iO,0(.lO, and having a seating capacity 



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of !)0U; the acadtmies, cluirclics, bank buildinj,'^, 
private residences, etc., make up a complement 
of improvements that are typical of the genius of 
tlieir desijjncrs, and of the public spirit of those 
tlirough wliosc liberality they were made possible. 

Th3 commercial business of the city is repre- 
sented hv men wliosc unflinching industry, nat- 
ural abilities, infinite tact, wonderful resources, 
and superb courage, are always enlisted when 
great interests are at stake, and critical enter- 
l)rises are involved. The successes scored in this 
Held of usefulness attest the character and in- 
fluence possessed by those who have been instru- 
mental in accomplishing such results. Every line 
of trade is ably presented, and the houses thus 
employed represent millions of dollars invested. 

The Chamber of Commerce, an organization 
of immense value to the trade and manufacturers 
of the city, is an active and powerful adjunct. 

Of manufactures, what has been said else- 
where may be said with reference to those located at Provo. 
With the I'rovo Woolen Mill, as a nucleus, so to speak, there 
has centered in this city and vicinity every description of pro- 
ductive undertakings. Foundries and machine shops, lumber 
and lumber products, furniture, flour and meal, cigars, candy, 
spices, preserves, soaps and pickles, with other commodities 
in constant demand. 




PKOVO WOOLEN MILLS. 

The future of I'rovo is bright with promise. .An admirable 
location, superior conditions, limitless resources, and character 
of the people, make up a combination that is simply irresis- 
tible. No city in the Territory can present a greater range of 
attractions, or offers a wider scope of opportunities for the safe 
and judicious investment of capital, or the display of energetic 
enterprise. 




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ABRAHAM OWEN SMOOT. 

In writing up the commercial interests of the 
city of Provo, as well as biographies of her prom- 
inent citizens we take the liberty of sayingr, and 
confidently believe our statement will be heartily 
corroborated by all the members of this thriving 
community, that Mr. Abraham Owen Smoot, 
president of the First National Bank is, as a 
matter of fact, foremost among the leading men 
of Provo, in point of enterprise and public spirit 
as well as a man of allhience and liberal business 
methods. Taking active part as he has in the 
diverse interests of Utah, from its earliest his- 
tory until the present time, it should be said, not 
only in justice to himself, but as a necessary 
record to be included in a comprehensive and 
authentic review of the Territory, that be has 
done as much as any other one man towards 
bringing about the wonderful transition in mate- 
rial progress and modern advancement through 
which Utah has passed from a primitive un- 
developed state to its present advanced pnsiUon 
among the centers of wealth, population and 
enlightenment of the great commonwealth, in 
which it figures as an important factor. 

This being true it will, no doubt, be of inter- 
est to all readers to peruse a brief sketch of his 
life, and note the essential place he has taken 
in the past as well as the distinguished position 
he now occupies in the industrial affairs of the 
city of Provo and Territory of Utah. 

Mr. Smoot is a native of Kentucky, and re- 
ceived his efirly education in the schools of Paris, 
Henry county, of that State. He was raised a 
farmer boy and followed that occupation until 
twenty-one years of age, when he joined the Mor- 
mon church, and has ever been a faithful adher- 
ent and ardent supporter of that religious body. 

.\s a noteworthy fact in the initiatory settle- 
ment of Utah, we may mention that Mr. Smoot 
conducted the second pioneer train that entered 
the Great Salt Lake valley in the year 1H47. 
That memorable event is one of the cherished 
incidents in the history of the Territory, being 
the first important move toward the actual set- 
tlement, development and populization of this 
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The hardships aud the privations that were undergone, the 
determined struggle tor success and the establishment of a 
new and promising empire, is not only permanently enshrined 
within the memory of the closely banded people who were 
courageously battling tor the main tainance of the sacred institu- 
tion they had espoused, but is commendably regarded by all 
noble admirers of human persistency and unflagging determina- 
tion in whatever cause is believed to be right. 

Mr. Smoot was mayor of Salt Lake City, holding that high 
position in the office of the people, from 1856 to 1SG6. He was 
a member of the first Territorial Legislature and has been a 
member for twelve years. He has been prominently identified 
with many large corporations and enterprises, both in com- 
mercial life and the development and active working of the 
various resources ot the Territory. Since coming to Provo, 
February 25, 1878, he has been deeply interested in the progress 
ot the city and has been a leader iu all movements and efforts 
designed to build up and expand its interests, and has aided 
and encouraged in every feasible way all industrial enterprises 
calculated to promote prosperity and develop the great re- 
sources ot the surrounding country. 

For nine years he has been at the head of the First Xational 
bank of this city, aud its present sound and substantial condi- 
tion and uniform success, ever since first established, has been 
due, largely to his keen financial policies aud j iidicious execu- 
tive guidance. Through all its career the conservative, yet lib- 
eral course followed out, has not only gained for it widespread 
popularity, as a safe banking institution, but has inspired con- 
fidence in the people of this community, who now regard it as 
Uie most solid and well managed bank of the city. Indepen- 
dent of his interests at the bank, Mr. Smoot is connected as a 
stockholder and officer in many other corporations among 
which we may mention the following: President Z. O. M. I., of 
Provo, president of the Provo Woolen Mills and president 
Utah County Savings bank; was one of the founders of the 
Brigham Young Academy, and is one of its board ot trustees. 
He also owns and controls a large amount of real estate in this 
city and has erected many of its handsome and substantial 
buildings, which are very creditable to a growing city of its 
size. 

Mr Smoot is an enterprising and public spirited citizen and 
is really doing more for the progress and growth of Provo than 
any other man to-day. He is ever on the alert tor opportuni- 
ties to present the merits of this promisiugcenter of importance 
aud has by his personal endeavors, induced many of the in- 
dustrial and manufacturing concerns now in operation to 
locate here, and is using his influBuce in every way possible to 
apprise the country at large, of the merits ot this flourishing 
locality and ot the superior conditions and advantages here 
presented for the establishment of profitable and successful 
commercial enterprises devoted to the working of the inex- 
haustible resources yet undeveloped. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 

One of the chief evidences of thrift and growing prosperity in 
the City of Provo is the high character and sound condition of 
its banks, and foremost among them will be found the First 
National Bank which was organized nine years ago, and has a 
present capital stock of .S§0,000 and a surplus of 312,500. 
Through all the years this financial enterprise has been 
conducted it has been attended with signal success and 
prosperity. Its policies have been ot the highest order 
and its management has been careful and conservative. 
A general banking business is carried on, receives de- 
posits, discounts good commercial paper, issues letters 
of credit and corresponds with the leading banks of the coun- 
try. The premises occupied consists of a large and handsome 
two-story brick building, 25x70 feet in dimensions, and fur- 
nished and fitted up with a special view to facilitate the con- 
venient and proper transaction of a large businees. The 
building is owned by the association and is a model of its kind. 
The officers and directors are numbered among the leading 
citizens of Provo, and their connection with the institution is 
alone a sufficient guarantee of its solid condition and judici- 
ous financial policies. The following well-known business 
men are the officials: A. O. Smoot, president; F. H. Cutler, 
vice-president; C. A. Glazier, cashier; H. H. Cluff, S. S. 
Jones, -lohn C. Graham, Reed Smoot and Walter R. Pike, 
directors, all men of the highest standing in the community 
and well qualified for the respective positions they occupy. 



It has ever been the purpose of its directors to conduct affairs 
along liberal lines, but within the boundary of safety for the 
bank and its patrons, always enterprising and progressive, 
but never reckless or imprudent. It thus wields a great in- 
fluence on the finances of this section, and influence ot a 
healthy, beneficial and generous character, so far as consis- 
tent, of course, with wise and cautious management. The of- 
ficers are too widely known throughout the Territory, to need 
any special introduction to the public. Their standing and re- 
putations forever insures a successful continuation ot its pres- 
ent importance and prosperity. 



EXCELSIOR ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. 

The Excelsior Roller Flour Mills of Provo is a most im- 
portant and extensive enterprise, provided as it is with every 
facility and convenience for the prosecution of the business on 
a grand scale. The mill was first erected in 1877, and has 
passed through a most successful and prosperous career. 

By the enterprising disposition of its owners and the ener- 
getic and painstaking efforts of the managers to give perfect 
satisfaction to all patrons and produce nothing but 
high grade flour, a large and substantial trade has been 
built up throughout this section of the Territory. An average 
capital of 815,000 is invested in the business and three skilled 
and experienced hands are given constant employment in the 
various departments. 

Wheat is brought to this mill from sections within a radius 
of one hundred miles from the city. It has a capacity ot fifty 
barrels of flour per day and five stands have been put in, making 
it altogether the most extensive flouring mill in Utah county. 
The individual members of the firm are John E. Booth, 
John W. Hoover and John W. Hoover, Jr. Mr. Hoover super- 
intends operations at the mill and he is a thorough and prac- 
tical miller and perfectly familiar with all phases of this branch 




EKCELSIOR ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. 

of industry. He was born at Bridgeport, Franklin county, 
Pennsylvania, and is fifty-seven years of age. He came to Utah 
in 1854 and has been a resident of the Territory ever since. He 
is a practical miller and most of his active life has been de- 
voted to that business. He is a a man of sterling integrity 
and sound, judicious principles, aud of a sociable and generous 
nature, and withal a progressive aud public spirited citizen. 
Mr. Miller came over the plains with an ox team on his way to 
this country, aud his life has been marked by vivid and inter- 
esting incidents aud experiences of pioneer days. He mar- 
ried in Utah, aud has twelve children, ten of which are now 
living. The eldest son John W. Hoover is now associated 
with him in business and is also a practical miller. He was born 
in Utah county and is thirty-four years of age. He received his 
early educatiou iu the schools of this city and has since been 
engaged in the flouring mill business. He is a bright young 
man of keen business ability and attends strictly to the inter- 
ests of the growing enterprise, in which he is a partner, lie is 
a man of broad and liberal views and progressive ideas, and 
takes an active part in the political and social affairs of the 
commiinity. 




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JOHN E. BOOTH. 

This is true the world over nud especially in oiir western 
country, where resources are apparently unlimited and where 
development isfjoingon with siu'h woniierful rapidity. Utah 
now seems to be in the ascendency as an aJvancin){ and pro- 
gressive section, and there is probably no center of population 
lookinR more bright, or that promises greater achievements for 
the future than tlie City of Provo. Its present importance and 
essential bearing; in the general advancement of the Territory 
is due to the tliorough-goiiig and enterprising class of men that 
control its l)usiuess interests and municipal affairs. 

Included among this class of citizens and one that has 
the welfare of the city at heart, will be found Mr. John E. 
iiooth, now mayor of Provo. Mr. Booth has had a remark- 
ably eventful and successful career. 

Probal)ly no citizen of Provo to-day can look back to passed 
struggles and ultimate achievements with more justitiable 
pride and satisfaction. Like most men of his stamp, Mr. 
jjooth gained the prominent position he now sustains through 
his own endeavors and untiring zeal, supplemented by strong, 
inborn capabilities. He began, a poor boy, with no start in 
life save alone sterling iiualities, and has by their persistent 
exercise gradually forged his way onward and upward, until 
now he is one of the most popular and wealthy citizens of this 
thriving and intelligent community. He was born in lOngland 
forty-four years ago. He went to Salt Lake City in 18.")7 and 
from that city to Provo in 1871, and received his education in 
the University of Heseret. From the time he came to Provo he 
has been prominently identified with its commercial interests 
and various muuicipial ollices ever since. He was elected a 
member of the city council in 187."), and has served almost 
without cessation since that time, being out but two terms 
while absent from the country. He has been a member of the 
Territorial Legislature for two terms, one in the House and one 
in the Council. He has practiced law in this city for a number 
of years, and during 1880-81 was .\s8istsnt United States dis- 
trict attorney. He was also Territorial court commissioner 
from 1878 to 1882, and is now mayor of the city, at the same 
time maintaining a large private law practice. 

We may say without fear of contradiction from any source 
that through all his public career, Mr. liooth has acted with 
honor and sincerity, and has exhibited superior judgment and 
executive ability. He has ever advocated and supported wise 
and beneficial public policies, and has given his aid and en- 
couragement to all public spirited movements and projects of 
an enterprising character. Mr. Booth aided in the establish 
ment of the celebrated woolen mills of Provo. He with others 
established an extensive foundry and lumber yards. Kaeh one 
of these enterprises is a grand success and is now in a flour- 
ishing condition. Besides those mentioned he is a stockholder 
and director in several other corporations of magnitude and 
importance. 

Mr. Booth ha8 great confidence in a brilliant future for this 
city, and having lived here for so many years and taken such 
an active part in the various interests, much weight necessarily 
attaches to his opinion. 



HAVERCAMP & CLARK. 

The citizens of Prove and Utah county are especially 
fortunate in having among them the highly qualified and 
thoroughly experienced firm of Messrs. Ilavercamp & Clark, 
abstracters of titles, whose commodious offices are located in 
the First National Bank building. 

This tirm first opened their otfice in Provo in tlune, 1880, at 
a time when there was considerable activity in real estate circles, 
and large numbers of transfers were being made, and by faith- 
ful and conscientious work, it was not long before they 
established a wide-spread reputation among the people of this 
community, as thorough-going, upright business men, well 
fitted for the special line of enterprise in which they were 
engaged. They issue deeds of conveyance, examine titles, and, 
in fact, execute promptly and satisfactorily every class of work 
that comes within the province of the abstracter. Since 
locating here their business has constantly increased and ex- 
panded, until now they have something over SlO,O0() invested, 
and employ four skilled and experienced assistants to aid in 
taking care of the large amount of work entrusted to them. 

The individual members of the firm are Mr. ( ieorge Haver- 
camp and Clayton A. Clark. 

Mr. Ilavercamp is but thirty years of age, and hails from 
Cincinnati, Ohio. His early education was received in the 



schools of that city, where he passed through a thorough 
academic course of instruction. After leaving school heentered 
an abstracter's office for the purpose of acquiring a comprehen- 
sive knowledge of the profession. He came to Salt Lake City 
in 1887, and removed to Provo the following year. 

Mr. Clayton .V. Clark is a native of Franklin county, Ver- 
mont, and is twenty-nine years of age. He was educated in the 
schools of liarre, Vermont. He came to Utah in 1888 and has 
been actively engaged in business from that time until the 
present. He has held the important position of secretary of the 
Territorial Insane Asylum at Provo, one of the largest institu- 
tions of the kind in the west. He is veil-known to the people 
of this community as an honorable, U|)right man and a loyal and 
sterling citizen. 

Both gentlemen are enterprising and public spirited and 
believe in aiding and encouraging every commendable move- 
ment designed to upbuild and promote the interests and welfare 
of the C^ity and Territory. 

The firm effects loans for the Lombard Investment Com- 
pany and Eastern capitalists, and also represents a number of 
the best insurance companies such as the California and the 
Continental. 



CHARLES DEFOREST MOORE. 

Mr. Charles DeForest Moore, superintendent of the Sun 
Foundry and Machine Company, of Provo, is an able and thor- 
oughly practical man in the important position he occupies and 
is well versed in the special line of enterprise in which he is 
engaged. He has made a deep study of the subject in all its 
various aspects, and it may be said, without fear of contradic- 
tion that he is as proficient and well versed in this department 
of industry as any man in this part of the country. 

The great success which has attended the institution, over 
which he presides, is due in a large measure to his thorough 
knowledge of the business and the vigorous manner in which 
it has been prosecuted. 

Mr. Moore has had an eventful career, and is also a practical 
civil engineer, to which profession much of his life has been 
devoted. Besides superintending affairs at the Sun Foundry 
and Machine Company works, he has been retained by the 
Utah, Nevada & California railroad, as chief engineer. 

For thirty-four years he has followed this profession, and 
he has held m;iny important and responsible positions in that 
capacity. Mr. Moore traveled on horseback from Denver, 
Colorado, to the Pacific coast, in the interests of the Chicago, 
Burlington A- Quincy railroad, locating a route for the extension 
of their system to the coast. 

Many other interesting incidents has occurred in Mr. 
Moore's career as a civil engineer, which we have not space to 
record in these pages, Ijut he has filled many important and 
arduous positions and is well known throughout the West .ns a 
thorough and practical engineer. 

Mr. Moore is but forty-one years of age and is a native of 
Boston, Mass. He attended the Columbia Institution, 
and also the Dartmouth College, where he received his pro- 
fessional education. Since locating in Provo he has proved 
himself an enterprising and public spirited citizen, and uses 
his inlluence wherever possible to advance the city's interests 
and increase it growth and prosperity. 



HOTEL ROBERTS. 

In speaking of the progress and advantages of Provo the 
fact that her hotel accommodations are in perfect keeping with 
theenterprise, exhibited in other respects, shoidd notbeomitted. 
The Hotel Roberts is not only one of the best and most desira- 
ble houses in the city, but is also one of the most popular and ex- 
tensively patnmized. I'irst-class in its appointment and main- 
taining the best of service guests are invariably well pleased 
and made to feel delightfully at home. 

The sleeping apartments are light and airy,commodious and 
finely finished while the dining room, reception rooms, parlors 
etc., are neat and inviting in appearance, and the tables are 
supplied with the best the markets atTord. 

The hotel occupies a substantial three-story brick structure 
of handsome architectural design and finish containing about 
fifty well furnisheil rooms and all modern luxuries such as 
baths, electric call bells, steaiii heat, hot and cold water, etc., 
making the hotel altogether, a model of its kind and requiring 
the constant attendance of twelve experienced and capable 



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assistants to meet the demands of the patronage which has 
been attracted. 

Mr. L. Holbrook, the able and efficient manager and prop- 
rietor, who thoroughly understands the requirments of an 
institution ot this character, sees to it that they are pro- 
vided and carried out to the letter. 

Mr. Holbrook has resided in Provo for about two years, com- 
ing liither from the City of Logan, where for more than a year he 
had charge of the Consolidated Implement Company's branch es- 
tablishment in that city. Since locating in Provo be has interested 
himself as an officer and stockholder in several leading corpora- 
tions and is now vice-president of Provo City Lumber Company, 
director in the Provo Commercial & Saving bank, and pre- 
sident of the Provo City Railway Company, also a real estate 
owner in the city. He is an enterprising go ahead businessman 
and a public spirited citizen of great value to Provo. 



A. A. NOON. 

The life of A. A. Noon has been one of many strange scenes 
and circumstances. He was born in Middlesex, England, 
on the "iSth of June, 1837. His father was a professor of lan- 
guages in London, was educated in Guttenberg, Germany, 
served in the Prussian navy and finally settled in London, 
where he practiced his profession. 

A. A. Noon left London for Xew Orleans, when but a boy, 
in 18.51 at the time of the great excitement in California. From 
America be went to Australia at the time of the great rush to 
the gold fields, and with that wave went to Ballarat Beudigo, 
and other noted mining sections. There he prospected and 
worked in the mines, and was reasonably successtal. He went 
from Australia to India and was at Calcutta at the time of the 



excitement beoause of the massacre of Belli. From India he 
went to England again, thence to Africa, where in connection 
with his brother, Adolphus H. Noon, he helped to establish 
among the first, the sugar enterprise of Port Natal, and owned, 
by rental, Ispingo estate, a farm of one thousand acres, from 
which, under their management, were shipped large quantities 
of sugar, and placed the estate in a position to ship hundreds 
of tons per year, so that it is to-day one of the great sugar 
estates of Natal. While in Natal he was appointed quarter- 
master of a volunteer company for the protection ot the colony 
against the savages— Kaffirs. He visited the Grequas soon 
after they first crossed the mountains to No Man's Land, and 
had some business with them, and by some suggestions, which 
they acted upon, averted trouble between them and the sur- 
rounding tribes of savages. From this country he emigrated 
to America, married in Nebraska to the oldest daughter ot Henry 
and Martha Smith, who emigrated to this country from Africa. 
He was one of the oimtractors in Echo Canon, on the U. P. 
railroad, under Brigham Young's contract, went to Tintic, 
Utah, in 1870, at the opening of that mining district and assist- 
ed in laying off and locating, with A. H. Noon, the present site 
of Eureka City. He always took much interest in the great 
iron deposits in that region and, with A. H. Noon, was among 
the early looaters there. Since 1876 he became more and more 
interested in those great iron deposits and by his continued 
perseverance succeeded in getting an incorporation organizing 
with the leading men of Utah county, which was accomplished 
September 2, 1884. These iron fields bid fair to make of Provo 
a Pittsburg, for they are inexhaustible and are referred to in this 
pamphlet elsewhere. Under his management the first iron 
plant was made in Utah in commercial quantities and he took 
the first into market and sold it. The enterprise is still under 
his management, as is the Utah Valley Iron Mining and Man- 
ufacturing C'ompany's properties. 



LOGAN CITY. 



Logan, the county seat of Cache county, is said by those 
who are in a position to speak intelligently on the subject, to be 
one of the most promising it not, in fact, the most promising 
city in the Territory. The center of an agricultural region of 
unsurpassed fertility as also the distributing point, within short 
distance of mineral discoveries of wonderful richness, 
possessing an inexhaustible water-power, improving and im- 
proved railway facilities, numerous and well sustained manu- 
factures, together with other aids essential to rapid and per- 
manent growth, the outlook for Logan is radiant with the 
brightest growth. 

There is a total of 54,301 acres of land in Cache county 
under cultivation. Of this number 30,951 acres are under 
irrigation, the water for such purpose being obtained in un- 
limited quantity from the mountain streams adjacent, and the 
system employed being more thorough and effective than else- 
where in Utah. Indeed, as has been said, no county in the 
Territory possesses a wider range ot superior conditions than 
Cache, and no portion of the Inter-Mountain region can boast 
greater fertility or greater adaptability for the cultivation of 
products peculiar to a mild, genial climate. Not only is Logan 
the source of supplies and the distributing point of the neigh- 
boring country, but of the many thriving villages and hamlets 
of the county itself. 

The mineral discoveries are of recent date. Six months ago 
the existence of precious metals in the valley was not altogether 
unsuspected. Since the summer of 1891, however, indications 
have been such as to conclusively demonstrate the presence of 
mineral resources.valuable beyond estimate- Later in the season, 
a syndicate, composed chiefly of residents and citizens of Logan 
was organized and purchased a number ot claims including the 
Sundown and La Plata. Work was at once commenced and 
has since been continuously carried on. Ore has been dis- 



covered in both of the above mines as also in claims contiguous, 
chiefly in the Sunrise, North Star, Red Jacket, Last Dollar, Last 
Dime and Queen of the Hills — the assays from which show a 
paying average. Discoveries have also been made in the 
mountains east west aud north of the La Plata mines, the 
ownership of many of which is vested in residents of Logan. 
The ore found and shipped has " panned out " so satisfactorily 
as to attract foreign capital and, in other respects, assures 
Logan as a mining center of conspicuous importance. 

The present population of Logan is stated at 6,000 ; and the 
assessed valuation of property at $2,400,000. The highest 
quality of taste is displayed in the laying out and platting of 
the city. The streets and avenues are wide and straight, either 
side ornamented with shade trees, and built up with 
residences, commercial houses, public edifices, etc., presenting 
in their entirety an ensemble in the last degree attractive. 
Residences as a rule are owned by their occupants. They are 
built according to approved plans, many of them surrounded by 
well-kept lawns, planted with forest trees, and decorated with 
beds of flowers, grateful to the eye and distilling a most ex- 
quisite fragrance. The business edifices, a number of which 
have been erected within the past year, are notable for their 
beauty of design and the durability of materials employed in 
their construction. Among the structures lately added to the 
number are the Thatcher Bros, bank building and opera house, 
a handsome three-story edifice built of brick and stone, the 
Murdoch store and office building, the Campbell & Morris 
block, the Union Depot, the Agricultural College building, the 
Co-Operative Wagon and Machine company's block, two saw 
and planing mills, a district school building and many 
residences. A large number of buildings will be erected in the 
spring of 1892, embracing, among others, a bank building to be 
put up for the accommodation of Ogden capitalists. 



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It is no exaggeration to 
say that Logan is the " Ath- 
ens " of the Territory. The 
public school system is be- 
yond criticism, while the 
private institutions of learn- 
ing are numerous and of the 
highest order of merit — 
specially so is the Agricul- 
tural College, a Territorial 
institution, deriving its sup- 
port in part from thegener 
government. In addition to 
a wide range of study adap- 
tive to academies and col- 
leges, thorough instruction 
is given in the science of 
agriculture and horticulture. 
Mechanical training is made 
a feature, and a workshop 
fully equipped are among 
the auxilliaries provided. 
The mstitution contains a 
museum, library, laboratory 
and other adjuncts, besides 
the government experiment 
station. The matriculants 
number 275, in regular at- 
tendance. The Brigham 
Voung College, named after 
the founder, by whom it was 
most liberally endowed, is 
equally prominent. It is 
open to the admission of 
students of both sexes, and 
the curriculum is limited 
to the higher branches, sup- 
plemented by a course of in- 
struction in theology as un- 
derstood by the church of 
Latter Day Saints. The 
regular course of study ex- 




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tends through four years, and the instruction given is thorough. 
Two hundred and fifty students are at present in attendance. 

The city government is entrusted to men, many of whom 
have been tried in high offices and critical enterprises and been 
found faithful in all. A new water system will be put in opera- 
tion before the summer of 1892, as most likely will a street rail- 
way and additional facilities to the electric plants now 
employed for lighting the streets, buildings and residences. 

There are two banking houses in the city carrying abundant 
capital, doing a large business, and exercising a wide-spread 
influence ; the dissemination of news is well provided for, and the 
investments made in commercial and miscellaneous industries 
represents hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

The hotels of the city enjoy an extended reputation for the 
perfection of their equipments and appointments, while the 
accommodations and service are fully up to the most exacting 
retpiirements. The Thatcher opera house, said by connoisseurs 
to be "one of the finest" will accommodate an audience of 
nearly one thousand, and is in constant requisition by com- 
panies and combinations of superior order. 

There are between fifty and sixty manufacturing establish- 
ments and almost an equal number of those of a lesser grade, 
besides depots for the sale of products of a mechanical and 
general character, manufactured elsewhere. The lines 
domiciled in Logan, include lumber, flour, lime, brooms, beer 
and ale, sash, doors and blinds, brick, iron and machine 
foundries, furniture cheese and butter, soda-water, hose, book 
binderies, plumbing and carding machine establishments, etc., 
etc., producing a total output annually of phenomenal propor- 
tions, and meeting the demands of a trade in all parts of L tah 
and the Territory adjoining. 

Those who have been prominent in their contributions to 
enhance the value of Logan as a commercial, financial and 
productive center, declare that there is abundant room for 
investment, and those who will make the venture will be met 
l)y a hospitable wclccme and the assistance experience and 
capital everywhere commands. 



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shop. The second floor is set apart for 
offices, and as the building is provided with 
steara heat, electric lights and the other 
modern improvements, it is the most desir- 
able office building in Logan. The entire 
third floor is used for a music hall, fitted up 
ia elegant style, and efficiently provides a 
place for lectures, entertainments, etc., that 
take place in the city. The building has a 
costly and substantial appearance through- 
out. Mr. Murdock is decidedly enterprising 
and public spirited in all he undertakes. He 
is a man of progressive ideas and liberal 
business methods and highly respected and 
esteemed by the people of this community. 



J. R. EUWAIIU8' KESIDENCE. 
J. R. EDWARDS. 

Among the long time residents of this city will be found 
Mr. J. R. "Edwards, who first came to Utah iu 18.51. Mr. Ed- 
wards was born in Pennsylvania and is forty-two years of age. 
lie remained a resident of his native state until his parents 
removed to Utah. Upon reaching the Territory, the family 
located at Smithfield, following the agricultural industry. 
Here Mr. Edwards contiuued until 18511 when he came to 
Logan where all of his active business undertakings have siuce 
transpired. For years back he has been interested more or less 
in the mining pursuit of the West and now stands at the head of 
several companies that own and control some of the best and 
most promising mining property in this section. Mr. Edwards 
is also senior member of the firm of Edwards, Evans A Ed- 
wards, which conducts an extensive brick establishment in 
this city. The enterprise was first established in the spring of 
1891, and has already built up a large and substantial busi- 
ness. The premises consist of a complete plant for the manu- 
facture of brick on an extensive scale, including every 
appliance and facility of value in an enterprise of this character. 
The company also control HiO acres of land from which the 
necessary material is obtained. Over $3000 is invested in the 
business and eighteen hands are given constant employment. 
The daily capacity is (50,000 brick, which finds a ready market all 
throughout Cache county and Southern Idaho. 

Besides his regular business and mining investments, Mr. 
Edwards owns considerable valuable real estate in Logan, 
among which are two store buildings in the heart of the city. 
His residence is one of the handsomest in Logan, and is a veri- 
table beauty in finish and design. As a citizen Mr. Edwards is 
decidedly public spirited and lends substantial encouragement 
to all progressive movements for the benefit of Logan. 



LOGAN HOUSE. 

The Logan House, conducted by J. TJ. 
Ulanchard, is the most desirable hotel in the 
city of Logan, and decidedly the most pop- 
ular with commercial men and theatrical 
companies. Its equipment is good and an 
excellent bill of fare is provided. The build- 
ing is a substantial three-story structure 
about -50x70 feet in dimensions and contains 
some fifty light, airy and well furnished sleep- 
ing apartments. The dining room is cozy and 
inviting. Skilled and experienced cooks and 
waiters are employed and the service throughout is admir- 
able. Mr. Blanchard has conducted the hotel ever since it 
was first opened and by maintaining his hotel in keeping with 
the requirements of a high class public hostelry, has suc- 
ceed in establishing a good reputation for it. When but ten 



ROBERT MURDOCK. 

Mr. Murdock came to Logan in 1863. 1 le is a native of Dundee, 
Scotland, and is thirty -eight years of age. He removed to 
America with his parents when seven yearsof age andfirstlocated 
in Salt Lake City. He remained there for two years when the 
family moved to Farmington, bis father building the first rock 
house ever erected in that city. After remaining there for a 
time be came to Logan, where all his interests and business 
movements have since taken place. Mr. Murdock was for 
many years a successful stock raiser which pursuit he followed 
till a few years ago. Following this he settled in Logan and 
in 1890 erected the handsome three-story brick and stone build- 
ing, now known as the Murdock block. It is by far the most 
magnificent and substantial store and office structure in 
Logan to-day. The building is four stories high with base- 
ment. The ground floor is occupied by two spacious store 
rooms, and the basement contains a restaurant and barber 




MURDOCK BLOCK. 

years of age he came West with his parents, and lived in 
different localities of the Middle States until September, 1851, 
when he moved to Utah, locating in Logan iu 1859. He is 
now sixty-two years of age, and has by energy and thrift suc- 
ceeded in accumulating considerable means. He owns the 
hotel premise.s and a large amount of other real estate in the 
city, valued at something over S> 40,000. As a citizen he takes a 
deep interest in the growth and progress of Logan. 




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HON. J. Z. STEWART. 

Judge J. Z. Stewart, the subject of our 
sketch, is a native of Illinois, anJ is forty-seven 
years of age. lie came to Utah iu 1852 ami 
located in Salt Lake county. His early eiluca- 
tion was acquireil in the schools of that county, 
including two years at the University of Des- 
eret. Since coming here iu 1S80 he has held 
prominent positions. He was president of the 
Brigham Young College for a number of years, 
Bud for five years held the important position 
of probate judge of Cache county. He served 
in this latter capacity ably and satisfactorily. 
Judge Stewart was also a member of the city 
council for six years and by his vote and in- 
tlueuce has aided and encouraged all public 
policies that his superior judgment determined 
to be right and to the best interests of the city. 
There is probably no man in Logan to-day do- 
ing more for the material prosperity aud growth 
of the city than .Judge Stewart. He has been 
instrumental in organizing several enterprising 
corporations devoted to the development of the 
resourcps of this section. He is now president 
of the First National Bank of Logan, president 
of the Cache Valley Mining Company, vice 
president of the Rich Cache Valley Mining 
Company, aud cashier of the Mineral Point 
Mining Company, all leading corporations of 
this city. 

.Judge Stewart has great faith in the future 
of Logan and believes it is destined to expand 
at no distant day into an important business 
center. The mining companies in which .Judge 
Stewart is interested own and control some of 
the best mining i)roperty in the Territory aud 
their active development is now going on. The 
property is located but a short distance from 
Logan. When the mines are in vigorous oper- 
ation, great benefit will accrue to Logan. As a 
citizen .Judge Stewart is loyal and sterling 
and willingly aids and supports such public- 
spirited movements as he believes to be to the 
general welfare and prosperity of the city and 
Territory. 




HON. J. Z. STEWAllT. 



THATCHER BROS. BANKING CO. 

Thatcher Bros.' banking house of Logan, is an institution 
which from its very inception has exercised a wholesome and 
beneficial influence over the material prosperity of Cache 




THATCHEK BROS. BANK AND OPERA HOUSE. 



county. It has ever aided and supported such projeots and 
public spirited enterprises as gave promise of success and the 
advancement of Logan's interests in point of wealth, popula- 
tion and intelligence. The officers and directors are all men 
of the highest business ciualiflcations, and able financiers. 

The bank is now regarded as one of the 
most solid and ably managed in the Terri- 
tory. It was founded in January, 18Ki. and 
incorporated in December, 18KS, with a cap- 
ital stock of S100,0tK). In July, 1S90, the 
capital stock was increased to ^150.000, with 
surplus of §18,000. The handsome build- 
ing iu which their banking rooms are now 
located, was erected by the company in l.'*8!) 
at a cost of .^."K^Oi 0. The building is a sub- 
stantial three-story brick structure. The 
ground floor contains two large stores, be- 
sides the spacious banking rooms. The 
Logan Opera House, which is one of the 
finest in the Territory, occupies the upper 
portion of the building. The interior of the 
banking room is richly and costly decorated, 
and equipped with a special view to the 
rapid transaction of business. 

The officers and directors of the company 
are as follows: George \V. Thatcher, presi- 
dent ; I,. S. Hills, vice-president: H. K. 
Hatch, cashier; directors: Moses Thatcher, 
James Sharp, W. W. Biter. George Homney, 
David H. Peery, James .Mack, \Vm. D. Hen- 
dricks, L. n. Martineau, H. E. Hatch, all 
gentlemen of the highest standing among 
the busine.=8 men of the Territory. .\ gen- 
eral banking business is conducted, receives 
deposits, discounts, notes, loans money on 
first-class security, issues lett«r8 of credit 



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and corresponds with the leadiDg banks of the country. Mr. 
George W. Thatcher, the president, has been for many years 
closely identified with the busineea interests of Logan, and 
he together with his brother, Moses Thatcher, have been in- 
strumental in founding and maintaining more commercial and 
industrial enterprises, contributing to the growth and advance- 
mut of Logan, than any other residents of Cache county. 

Mr. Thatcher is now president of the Sundown & La Plata 
Mining Company, president of the Thatcher Milling and Ele- 
vator Company, president of the board of trustees of the 
Brigham Young College, president of the Logan Light and 
Power Company, and president of the Bevans Mining 
Company, besides being interested as stockholder and director 
in other corporations and enterprises of magnitude and impor- 

Mr.' H. E. Hatch, the 
cashier, is an able and 
efficient man in that 
capacity. He is a thor- 
ough financier, and in 
his hands the affairs of 
the bank are subserved 
faithfully and satisfac- 
torily. 



cantile business at different points in the East until 1867 when 
he returned to Utah and at once located at Logan. Having 
previously acquired a knowledge of the jewelry business he 
opened an enterprise of that character in this city, and has 
continued with signal success ever since. For a number of 
years he held the position of city recorder, and has also been 
alderman for a term of years. He has by thrift and enter- 
prise accumulated considerable means and now owns valuable 
real estate in this city. He is a stockholder and director in the 
Logan Light & Power & Heating Company; stockholder in the 
U. O. Building Manufacturing Company; stockholder in Jour- 
nal Publishing Company; stockholder in Irrigation Age, and 
a number of other leading enterprises, devoted to the building 
up and advancement of the Territory. Mr. Cardon's honorable 
business methods and sterling qualities as a citizen have won 

tor him the respect and 
good will of all who 
know him. 




THOS. B. CARDON. 

Mr. Thomas B. Car- 
don's establishment, lo- 
cated in the heart of the 
business portion of the 
city of Logan, is with- 
out doubt the largest 
and most extensive of 
its kind in Cache 
county. Mr. Cardon's 
handsome new three- 
story brick building is 
divided into two dis- 
tinct departments, one 
carrying a large and 
comprehensive stock of 
jewelry, and the other 
an extensive and varied 
line of turniture.oarpets, 
wall paper, etc. Mr. Car- 
don conducts both en- 
terprises, and is the 
leading dealer of the 
city in these respective 
branches of business. 
A complete stock of 
watches, clocks, jewel- 
ry, silverware, precious 
stones, etc., is always 
kept on hand and skill- 
ed and experienced as- 
sistants are employed in 
the manufacture and 
repairing of all work 
entrusted to him. In 
the furniture and carpet 
department all classes 
of goods usually found 
at iirst-class establish- 
ments of this kind are carried, and patrons are able to make 
as satisfactory selections as could be obtained in the larger 
cities of the Territory. Mr. Cardon has about 8300,00 invested 
in his store and transacts over $60,000 worth of business an- 
nually. Thirteen salesmen are given constant employment in 
the various departments and his trade extends throughout 
Cache county and reaches into Southern Idaho and 'Wyoming. 
Mr. Cardon's business block, which is one of the best in Logan, 
was erected at a cost of S 15,000. It is located directly opposite 
the Tabernacle on the main business thoroughfare, and is alto- 
gether a marked acquisition to the city. 

Mr. Cardon is a native of Piedmont, Italy, and is forty- 
nine years of age. He emigrated to this country with his 
parents when but ten years old, and came direct to Ogden City 
where he remained from 1851 until 1858, and then returned to 
the Eastern states. He served in the late war of the rebellion 
for four and 3 half years, after which he engaged in the mer- 



FIRST NATIONAL 

BANK OF 

LOGAN. 

The First National 
Bank of this city was 
first opened for busi- 
ness on January 4th, 
1892, with the following 
well-known and highly 
esteemed business men 
of this Territory, as offi- 
cersand directors: J. Z. 
^tewart, president; J as. 
Quayle, vice-president; 
Geo. A. Percival, cash- 
ier; Allan M. Fleming, 
assistant cashier. Direc- 
tors: John H. Davis, L. 
^\ Snow, W. S. McCor- 
mick, G. Lombard and 
C. C. Goodwin. 

With such a list of 
highly qualified and 
generally recognized 
and able financiers, the 
substantial character 
and sound condition of 
this new banking insti- 
tution, is conclusively 
established and from its 
very inception sprang 
into popular favor, ar d 
has since met with uni- 
form success and pros- 
perity. This is a marked 
indication of the present 
fiourishing condition of 
Logan and tUe general 
thrift and go-ahead dis- 
position of its citizens. 
The bank has a capital 
stock of $50,000. A gen- 
eral banking business 
is conducted, notes are discounted, collections made, deposits 
received, letters of credit issued and corresponds with the lead- 
ing banks of the country. 

The First National Bank of Logan, is probably as well man- 
aged as any other bank of the Territory. The banking rooms 
are elegantly fitted up and richly and costly furnished. Every 
convenience and facility of value in an institution of this char- 
acter has been provided, and it is altogether one of the most 
popular and desirable banks of the city. 

Mr. J. Z. Stewart, the president, has been for years, one of 
the prominent and active business men of Logan. Mr. Geo. A. 
Percival, the cashier, is an able and efficient man in that capacity. 
He is genial and courteous, and exercises great care and pre- 
cision in all transactions and methods. 



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RICH. RICH & WARRUM. 

The activity and enterprise of auy growiuj; center of popu- 
lation is perhaps as clearly indicated in tlie classof professional 
men who are looking after its legal interests, as iu any other 
respect, and it is with pleasure that we are able to include 
among our biographical sketches of prominent citizensof Logan, 




HON, H. C. C. RICH.r 

several members of the legal fraternity who are not only wide- 
awake to the best interests of the city, but are 'classed among 
the leading attorneys of the Territory. The well-known law 
firm of Rich, Rich A- Warnim is not only regarded as the 
foremost firm practicing law in Cook County to-day, but its 
individual members are able and highly qualified gentlemen 




OEO. Q. RICH, Att'y. 

well versed in all the details of their profession. The co-partner- 
ship was first established some two years ago under the firm 
name of Rich & Rich, and in June, 1811, was re-organized under 
its present title Rich, Rich &. Warrum, siaae which time they 
have met with uniform success, and built up a large and grow- 
ing law practice. They are now attorneys for soma of the lead- 
ing oarparatioQS of this city, amoag whiob we miy mantion the 



following, Thatcher Bros. Banking Co., Logan Branch Consoli- 
dated Implement Co., Logan Branch, Studabaker Bros.' establish- 
ment and also Sidney Stevens Carriage and Implement bouse. 
They have been retaineii as counsel in many important cases in 
all of which they have acquitted themselves with great credit, 
and built up a well-deserved reputation for painstaking efforts 
and a conscientious subservance of their clients interests. Aside 
from their extensive law practice a general real estate and loan 
business is conducted, and the firm is prepared to place loans 
on mostly any amount on first-class security. Mr. (ieo. Q. Rich 
was born at Bear Lake county, Idaho, and is twenty-three years of 
age. His early education was acquired in the district schools 
of his native county, and later he attended the Brigham Young 
.Vcademy at I'rovo. He continued here for a time and then 
entered the Deseret University at Salt Lake City to complete 
his general education. While attending this latter institution, 
he decided to follow the legal profession and thereupon went 
East to the University of Michigan at .Vnn Arbor, and took a 
thorough law course. He graduated in the class of 18'J0 and 
immediately returned to Logan and began to practice. Since 
locating in this city Mr. Rich has exhibited marked ability as a 
lawyer, and his familarity with the law and keen perception of 
exigencies of a*case have brought him the respect and good will 
of the judiciary and all fellow counselors, .\dmitted to Supreme 
('ourt of Michigan 1800, Supreme Courts, Utah and Idaho, 1891. 
Taught school threeyears,prior to going J'^ast, one year in Utah, 
two years in Idaho. Mr. Heber C. C. Rich is also a native of 
Idaho and is twenty-eight years of age. He attended the Brigham 




NOBLE WOKliUM. Jr., .\tfy. 

Young Academy at Prove for two years and at the age of 
twenty-three began reading law iu tlieollice of Captain Ransford 
Smith at Ogden. He applied himself diligently to hisstudies 
for two years, and then came to Logan and formed a law 
partnership with his brother Geo. Q. Rich. Mr. Heber Rich is 
now city attorney for Logan, and is a highly qualified attorney, 
careful and methodical iu his work, and has contributed very 
materially toward the success of the firm. Mr. Noble Warrum, 
jr, is also a man of high legal talents and attainments. He was 
born at Greenfield, Indiana, and is twenty-seven years of ago. 
He was educated at the Depauw University and then entered 
the law-school at Ann .\rbor. Mr. Warrum in the class of >9 
returned to his native city and practiceil for one year, lie was 
first admitted to practice before the bar of the Supreme Court 
of Utah, and then traveled extensively as a result of which he 
decided to locate in Utah and was admitted to practice in the 
Supreme Court of Utah in ,\pril, IS'.tl. Soon after he entered 
the law firm of Rich A Rich at Logan as an equal partner, and has 
since been actively devoted to the interests of the concern. As 
citizens they are all public spirited, loyal and enterprising and 
aid and encourage all progressive movements designed to upbuild 
the city and promote its general welfare. Mr. Warnim takes a 
lively interest in politics and assisted iu the organization of the 
Democratic party in Cache and Rich counties, is a member of 
Democratic Territorial ('entral Committee, vice-president of 
Coauty Central and member of County Executive Committeee 



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ALBERT LANG. 

The photographic gallery of Albert Lang is equipped with 
all devices and appliances of value in an institution of this 
character and the uniform excellence of all work entrusted to 
him, has established a well deserved reputation in this section 
of the country. As an illustration of the character of the 
work turned out at Mr. Lang's gallery we may mention that 
the photos from which the views of Logan in this work were 
made were taken by Mr. Lang. In addition to his photograph 



business, a general line of picture frames, wall paper, glass, 
etc. is carried, and customers can be supplied promptly. 
Mr. Lang is a native of Bavaria, South Germany, and is 
forty-one years of age. He came to this country in October, 
1871, and first located at Chicago shortly after the great fire 
which almost wholly destroyed the business portion of the 
city. Mr. Lang came to Utah in 1881, and first located at Salt 
Lake City. After remaining there a short time he came to 
Logan, and has been an active and enterprising business man 
of this city ever since. 



BRIGHAM CITY. 



The apostrophy of Oliver Goldsmith to "Sweet Auburn, 
lovliest village of the plain," is recalled by visitors to Brigham 
city ' the county seat of Box-Elder county, one of the most 
populous and otherwise flourishing counties in the Territory, 
has already acquired the name "Beautiful," by which name it 
is known from the pine clad hills of Maine, to the orange 




A. H. SNOW'S RESIDENCE. 

groves of the South; and from the boisterous Atlantic to the 
blue waters of that tide which flows outward from the Golden 
Gate to the Pacific. Nestling close up to the loftiest peaks of 
the great Wasatch range, which at this point, presents an ex- 
ceedingly rugged, yet picturesque outline, the city occupies a 
low mesa, commanding a magnificent view of the Great Salt 
Lake valley, with its wealth of verdure for a distance of many 
miles, while in opposite directions are scenes of natural beauty 
that charm the eye and captivate the senses. The city is hand- 



somely laid out, and the improvements completed, more espe- 
cially in the residence portions, are in harmony with the most 
exacting requirements of the modem school, exhibiting exqui- 
site taste in their designs and refinement in their location, 
decoration and ornamentations, artistic and exceptional. The 
public buildings and "marts of trade" are substantial and at- 
tractive, while the avenues and promenades shaded by a pro- 
fuse J rowth of forest trees, present a scene inviting and re- 
freshing. 



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Box-Elder county is without a rival for purposes of farming 
and stock raising. Nature is prolific of her gifts on every side. 
Immigration has been introduced and in addition to the Terri- 
tory, including within its present scope, a wide area of country 
to be embraced by its extension, will be brought under cultiva- 
tion, and not only build up the immediate vicinity, but extend 
the influence and enhance the value of Brigham City, as a 
trade center. Grains and fruits of every description are indige- 
nous to the soil, and the prospects for an early development 
of the mining resources of Box-Elder county are encouraging 
in the last degree. The discovery recently of rich mineral 
deposits has served to emphasize the confidence felt in the 








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city's future, and the 
working of mines will 
1h- energetically car- 
ried forward. Gas 
wells, the discovery 
of which was made 
about three years 
ago, are in successful 
operation, and the 
product is now used 
for purposes of il- 
lumination and fuel, 
with the most grati- 
fying success. Sur- 
rounded by such 
aids, peopled by a 
rustling, pushing, ac- 
tive population, the 
possibilities of l'>rig- 
luun City, all will 
agree, are inninner- 
ablc. 



there are a number of other leading commercial ventures, 
all of which are doing a thriving business, and enjoying uni- 
versal public confidence. 

During the year past, a large number of improvements, 
both of a public character, as also by private individuals, were 
projected and completed. Notwithstanding it was an off year, 
the sum of S:!0(),O()il, was expended in this field of usefulness 
and enterprise. Among the public buildings that command 
special attention, are the County Court House, the Hrighani 
Opera House, the Hrigham City Manufacturing Company's 
building, etc., with private halls and residences embodying the 
latest achievements in the lines of architecture and construc- 
tion. 

.\lthough Brighani City is more than liberally supplied 
with material advantages, there is room for additions in every 
department of trade, manufactures and conmierce. Banks 
would certainly prosper, hotels could be made profitable in- 
vestments, and manufactures will meet with immediate suc- 
cess. Canning factories, preserving plants, salt works, and 
other establishments of a productive character, would pay 
handsomely. It is unnecessary to add that not only would all 
these be welcomed, but under proper conditions, substantial 
iiKluccnuiits would be employed to hasten their coiiiiiig. 



COUKr HOUSK OF BOX-ELDEK OOUNTY. 



By the most recent census the city is credited 
with a population of between four and (wc 
thousand. Its location is unusually well adap- 
ted to superior drainage facilities, and no re- 
quisite has been omitted that will contribute a 
desideratum so indisjiensable to good health 
and corresponding well-being of citizens and 
residents. In this connection as will be expect- 
ed, the delightful climate proverbial of Utah is 
at its best, and throughout the year brings 
fresh charms and good cheer to energies may 
hap imperiled by arduous exertions. Arrange- 
ments have been concluded for the introduction 
of and immediate construction of a water-works 
system of approved design, and abundant ca- 
pacity. The city has been bonded for a sum 
sufficient for this purpose and active operations 
will be commenced before the dawn of the sum- 
mer, of 1892. The city is lighted by gas and 
electricity, and the departments of fire and 
police are efficient and objects of comnienda. 
tory admiration. Railroad facilities are good, 
but improvements now contemplated, if carried 
out will bring the city into closer communion 
with the outside world, and thus necessitate an 
increase of hotel accommodations, which at 
present, though comprehensive and attractive 
are hardly adequate to meet the needs of an 
unexpected influx of visitors. 

The school system is that employed in all 
progressive cities and superior opportunities 
are available to a school population, estimated 
at between eight and nine hundred. To accom- 
modate an increasing demand, however, addi- 
tional facilities will be provided, including the 
building of an institution of learning, that is 
advertised to cost S:^<l,0llO. Churches are num- 
erous and well supported, manufactures of fre" 
quent occurence, and the mercantile establish" 
ments prominent and carrying varied and ex- 
tensive lines. In addition to the Brigham City 
Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, the 
Box-Elder Stock and Mercantile Company, 




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APOSTLE LORENZO SNOW. 

Through all the workings, crusades and missions of the 
Mormon people, that transpired since his baptism and accept- 
ance of the doctrines ot that church, atKirkland,Ohio, in June, 
1836, Lorenzo Snow, has taken a vital and energetic part, and 
is now regarded by all living members, as one of the most 
earnest workers and staunch supporters the church has ever 
had, always having labored with untiring zeal in the great 
cause he deemed to be right. His active missionary life began 
in 183'J, when he was called as one of forty elders, to visit 
England, in aid of the apostolic body, then prosecuting a won- 
derful missionary work in Great Britain. He was president of 
the First London Conference, held after the organization, which 
took place May 16th, 1841, and the same time one of the presid- 
ency of the British mission, and his successful work and inde- 
fatigable energy in the cause he had espoused, was the subject of 
admiration, and esteem among the apostles and his fellow 
laborers. While on this, his first mission, he had the distinc- 
tion of presenting the Book of Mormon to the Queen of Eng- 
gland, and the Prince Consort. 

After returning from abroad, his services were actively en- 
listed in a great missionary work inaugurated in this country, in 
which he was given special charge of the labors to be conduct- 
ed in his native State, Ohio. This was at the time of the 
assassination of the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum, resulting 
in the return to Nauvoo of the elders, at that time engaged 
in proselyting, and soon after preparations were completed for 
the migration of the people to the Rocky mountains. Lorenzo 
Snow crossed the Mississippi, as one of the captains of the 
vanguard, of Israel, but was compelled to remain at Mount 
Pisgat, however, on account of sickness, caused by the unusual 
exposure to which he was subjected. The pioneers reached the 
mountains, but returned to winter quarters for the main body 
of the church, where they were joined by Elder Snow, and 
moved in to Salt Lake City. 

In 1849, Lorenzo Snow, together with Charles C. Eich, 
ErastuB Snow and Franklin D. Richards, were ordained to the 
Apostleship, at Salt Lake City. The saints by this time were 
permanently installed in their new home, and began to spread 
out over the fertile valleys of the Territory, and devote them- 
selves to the tillage of the soil. Meanwhile the building of 
cities was carried on, and the great missionary work continued. 
Soon after Elder Snow departed for Italy and some of the most 
satisfactory and effectual work ever undertaken or accomplished 
by the Mormon crusades in Europe, took place during this 
mission. Mormon literature was translated into several differ- 
ent languages and distributed throughout the respective coun- 
tries, the gospel was proclaimed earnestly and elegantly, new 
missions were constantly established, and many new and 
serviceable moves, giving increased potency to the work were 
put on foot. Apostle Snow remaining in Europe until receiving 
word from the president of the church of Zion to return, to 
assist in laying the foundation stones of the Temple, in Salt 
Lake City. 

From this time on, his eventful life continues as the founder 
of Brigham City, where most of his interests were thereafter 
centered. Since locating there, he has been called to and 
tilled two missions, one to the Sandwich Island, in 1864, and 
another to Jeruselem, in 1872. This latter ended his foreign 
missionery career, but by no means terminated his labors in 
the cause of Zion. Probably no compeer has enlisted more 
time and energy, or devoted himself more assiduously to mis- 
sionary work. 

The site of Brigham City was a small inconsequential fort 
prior to the coming in of Lorenzo Snow, in 1854, with some 
fifty families, for the purpose of permanently settling the fer- 
tile areas of that portion ot the valley. The city was uniformly 
and properly laid out under his directions, industries and mer- 
cantile enterprises were built, the co-operative plan was insti- 
tuted, and various branches of manufactures were undertaken. 

Lorenzo Snow was not only the founder of this thrifty and 
growing center of population, but orginated and maintained, it 
may be said, all the important enterprises, which have been 
established for the good of the people and proved conducive to 
their general welfare and prosperity. He is president of the 
Quorum of Mormon church. 

He has ever been held in high regard by the people, and 
looked up to, and depended upon for any new and needful de- 
partment of industry or branch of enterprise created by the 
advancement and growth of the city. 

He is now presidentof the Brigham City Mercantile A Manu- 
facturing Company, also of the BrighamCity Theatre Company, 
which runs and conducts the Opera House, and president ot 
Brigham Oity Flouring Mill Company. 



Apostle Lorenzo Snow is now getting well along in life, be- 
ing in his seventy -eighth year. He no longer takes an active 
part in the commercial and industrial affairs of Brigham City, 
but devotes much of his time, when health and weather will 
permit to ecclesiastical duties and offices. He travels much 
throughout the Territory, visiting and comforting the saints, 
and keeping alive the fire of zeal and love that has inspired 
and enthused the Mormon people from the beginning ot the dis- 
pensation, through all the nations, and during all the years of 
its signal growth and expansion, down to the present time. 
Thus is briefly outlined the life and deeds of a man whose re- 
cord and career has been marked by unflinching devotion and 
rigid conformance to the divine ordinances of the church, and 
while forced to renounce, by the enactment of federal Laws, cer- 
tain customs ot the church, he still lives in his quiet, retired 
life, a devout and prayerful apostle of the Mormon dispensation. 



WM. HOBSLEY & SONS. 

Prominent among the active and progressive establish- 
ments of Brigham City is that ot Wm. Horsley & Sons, deal- 
ers in general merchandise. The enterprise was founded in 
1886 and has since increased until the establishment is one of 
the largest in the county. The firm erected their store build- 
ing in 1891. It is 30x90 feet in dimensions and well equipped 
for business purposes. Wm. Horsley, the senior member of the 
firm, was one of the early settlers of Utah, having come to this 
Territory in 185.5. He is a native of London, England, and is 
forty-eight years of age. He came West with his pareuts 




WM. HOKSLEY & SONS' BUILDINS. 

when but a mare boy and first located at Salt Lake City. Here 
he remained from 1855 to 1862 and then removed to Box-Elder 
county, settling at what is known asThree-Mile Creek. While 
at this point he followed farming for a time and was then called 
to take charge of a branch of the BrighamCity co-operative, 
newly established, and continued in that capacity for three years. 
The business was a decided success under Mr. Horsley's man- 
agement and he remained in charge for some six years, when 
the trust was suddenly brought to a close, by a call in a mission 
to England when he was absent two years. lu the meantime 
his sons had started a small produce and shipping business, 
which they were sedulously pushing. Upon their father's re- 
turn some five years ago they joined together and prosecuted 
the enterprise, now conducted under the firm name ot Wm. 











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Horeley & Sons, which has met with such signal success and 
continually expanded up to the present time. A general mer- 
chandise business is conducted and a heavy stock carried that 
embraces almost every article used. A produce shipping de- 
partment is operated in coujuuctiou with the main establish- 
ment, and is an important branch of the concern and com- 
bined the annual sales average SlTiO.WK). Ten assistants are 
given employment, and the trade extends throughout Utah, 
Idaho, Montana, and reaches into Nevada. 

The tirm is composed of William Horsley, William Clemens 
Horsley, ,Tohn Henry Horsley, Eugene Horsley and Edward 
Horsley, all enterprising go-ahead citizens — representative men 
to whom the commonwealth is indebted for its growth and 
progress. 

BOX ELDER STOCK & MERCANTILE CO. 

There are several leading enterprises in Brigham City w^hich 
in extent and magni- 
tude surpasses those of 
many other places of 
much greater popula- 
tion. The liox- Elder 
Stock & Mercantile 
Company as one of the 
foremost commercial in- 
stitutions of Box-Elder 
county. The enterprise 
was incorporated i u 
February, 1887, with 
the following list of olli- 
cers and directors, all 
gentlemen well-known 
to the people of this 
community : P. F. Mad- 
ison, president; A. H. 
Snow, secretary and 
manager; directors: P. 
F. Madison, A. H. Snow, 
J. M. .Jensen, M. L. 
Snow and H. L. Steed. 
From the beginning of 
its career this establish- 
ment has met with uni- 
form success and pros- 
perity, and by an ener- 
getic pushing of the 
business straightfor- 
\v a r d methods, and 
carrying an extensive 
and comprehensive 
stock of goods, has suc- 
ceeded in building up 
and commanding a very 
large trade. A general 
hardware stock is car- 
ried, comprising all ma- 
terial and articles 
usually found at such 
an establishment. Be- 
sides this, a full and 
complete assortment of 
wagons, implements and 
machinery, are con- 
stantly on hand. There 
is a wholesale depart- 
ment conducted in con- 
nection with the enter- 
prise, dealing on an extensive scale in leather, harness, 
saddlery, etc., and recently in one part of the spacious prem- 
ises a comprehensive stock of books and stationery, has been 
put in. Something over ?'2.5,COO is invested in the business, 
and the annua! sales reaches to upwards of s.50,(IOO. A 
number of salesmen are given employment and the trade ex- 
tends throughout Box-Elder county and into Idaho. The jirem- 
ises occupied consists of a commodious store building .5.5x80 
feet in dimensions, while to the rear storage buildings for the 
large supply of wagons, and implements, etc., carried, extends 
back over one hundred and twenty-tive feet. The firm has 
ever held the coutidence of the people of this section and have 
been assiduous in keeping abreast of the times and supplying 
the trade promptly and satisfactorily. The individual mem- 
bers of the company are enterprising public-spirited and 
thorough-going business men, and all their transactions are 
characterized by straightforwardness and honorable, upright 
dealings. 




ALPHONSO H. SNOW. 

BIr. .Vlphonso H. Snow, manager of the Box-Elder Stock 
& Mercantile Company, is one of the leading business men 
of Brigham City. Having been identified, both in private en- 
terprises and public positions with various interests of the 
city, he has proven himself a highly qualified and enterprising 
business man, and a sterling citizen. Mr. Snow is but thirty- 
three years of age and a native of Salt Lake City, his business 
career, however, has been confined to Brigham City. His 
education was ac'iuired in the University of Deseret, and in 
1880 he entered active commercial life, being first connected 
with the Co-operative Mercantile institution of Brigham City. 
Upon the incorporation of the Box-Elder Stock & Mercan- 
tile enterprise Mr. Snow became manager, and has since de- 
voted the most of his time in directing the affairs of that ex- 
tensive concern. Mr. Snow has been largely instrumental in 
increasing the business of the enterprise, and expanding its 

interests, and is regard- 
ed as an upright and 
sagacious business man. 
As a citizen, Mr. Snow 
is higly esteemed and 
appreciated by the peo- 
ple of this community. 
From 1884 until 1886 
he acted as prosecuting 
attorney for Box-Elder 
county and has tilled 
the position of recorder 
and clerk. He has also 
served in the city coun- 
cil, and is now a rep- 
resentative from this 
district to the Utah 
legislature. Fora num- 
ber of years Mr. Snow 
has taken a deep interest 
and active part in local 
and Territorial politics, 
and is now chairman of 
the County Democratic 
Central committee. He 
is very popular in this 
community and a 
staunch supporter of 
the great political 
party, whose principles 
he has espoused. .Vside 
from the business rela- 
t i o n s aforementioned, 
Mr. Snow is a director 
in the Utah Loan and 
Trust Company and the 
Ogden Investment Com- 
pany. He is public- 
spirited and a man of 
progressive ideas and 
believes in the adoption 
of such public measures 
as are likely to promote 
the general good of the 
Territory. 



.\. H. SNOW, MiinaKir Box-Elilcr S. anil M. Co. 



A. W. COMPTON. 

Mr. .\. W. Compton, the Brigham City photographer, con- 
ducts an enterprise in this line equal to those of many larger 
cities. Mr. Compton is an expert photographer and under- 
stands all the details of his profession. He opened his presen 
business in 1883. The gallery is provided with all appliances 
and equippage of value in an institution of this character, and 
patrons can be assured of perfect satisfaction. Mr. Compton 
first located in Utah in 18C9, remaining at Ogden for ten years, 
and then came to Brigham City. He is an enterprising busi- 
ness man and prosecutes the enterprise over which he presides 
properly and energetically. 



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BBIGHAM CITY MERCANTILE 

AND MANUFACTURING 

ASSOCIATION. 

'■THE CO-OP." 

The Brigham City Mercantile aud 
Manufacturing Association is one of the 
foremost enterprises of this character in 
Utah, and has done much toward mak- 
ing Brigham City what she is to-day, a 
wide-awake, prosperous aud progressive 
centre. This immense institution was in- 
corporated in 1870 and has had a most 
successful career. 

As originally established it consisted 
of a large general merchandise store, 
with several extensive factories, manu- 
facturing different classes of goods, oper- 
ated in conjunction. Conducted as it 
was on the liberal co-operative plan, 
wherein the people shared in the profits 
of their labor, when once thoroughly es- 
tablished it proved a decided sucfiess and 
a highly profitable undertaking, but ow- 
ing to heavy losses by fire and other bur- 
densome drafts in the business, its sub- 
stantial condition was partially under- 
mined and the manufacturing depart- 
ments were shut down. Pollowiiig this 
period the businees grew in magnitude 
and importance and enon by the superior 
and satisfactory basis upon which it was 
conducted, commanded almost the entire 
trade of Box-Elder county. In 1891 the 
large and handsome building now occu- 
pied by the company was erected, and its striking and substan- 
tial appearance was not only a source of pride to the citizens 
of Brigham but its ample and spacious store rooms afford 
efficient accomodations for the large and comprehensive stock 
carried. The building is a three-story stone and brick structure 
53x106 feet in dimension. 

The stock embraces all classes of goods comprehended under 
the term general merchandise and represents something over 
iflOO.OOO in value. The annual sales of this concern reach 
upwards of 812.5,000 and 
ten salesmen are given 
employment in the va- 
rious departments. A 
complete line of boots 
and shoes, clothing, dry 
goods and fancy goods, 
groceries, hardware, etc., 
will always be found ou 
hand. 

The oflScers aud direc- 
tors of the company are 
as follows: Lorenzo Snow 
Sr., president; Alviras E. 
Snow, superintendent; 
Samuel Smith, Rudger 
Clawson, Lorenzo Snow 
Jr., Alvin Nichols, Xels 
Madison, Carl Jensen, Al- 
viras E. Snow, directors. 
Mr. Alviras E. Snow, the 
superintendent, has filled 
his present position for 
the past seven years. He 
is a young man of thor- 
ough-going qualities and 
sound business princi- 
ples. Under his able guid- 
ance and direction the 
establishment has grown 
and prospered and maiu- 




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tained on a solid basis. Mr. Snow is a native of Brigham City 
and is twenty-eight years of age. He is a graduate of the 
Deseret University of Salt Lake City, and when but twenty 
years old started in business for himself. He continued for 
one year and then assumed charge of the establishment over 
which he now presides. He is now a member of the city coun- 
cil and manager of the Brigham City opera house. He is a 
man of progressive ideas and is never found wanting when 
public meaiures for the benefit of the city are put on foot. 




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HON. EDMUND P. JOHNSON. 

Judge Kdmund P. Johnsou, the subject of our sketch, was 
born in Courtland county, New York, iind is tifty-niiie years 
of nge. His early education was ac'iuired in tiie schools of 
his native district, which were crude compared witli those of 
the present day. To tinish his education Mr. .Johnson at- 
tended the New York Conference Seminary, a leading educa- 
tional institution. He remained at home until 18.")3, and then 
removed West to Elkhorn, Wis., where he estabhshed a mer- 
cantile enterprise. While enjjaged in this undertaking; he also 
studied law during odd hours when freed from the demands of 
business. He followed this plan for five years when he decided 
to remove to Kewanee, 111., where he continued his law studies. 
In February, 18(jl, Judge Johnson was admitted to practice in 
the Supreme court of Illinois, and thereupon immediately 
closed out his business 
and came to Utah, first 
locating at Stockton, 
Tooele county. In 18(37 
he left Stockton and 
■went to Salt Lake City 
where he formed a law 
partnership with 
Judge llogae of that 
city, under the tirm 
name of Hogiie Si. 
Johnson. A success- 
ful practice was built 
up and maintained for 
two years, when the 
City of Corinne began 
to brighten up and 
gave promise of be- 
coming an important 
commercial and indus- 
trial center, and Judge 
Johnson decided to 
remove to that place. 
Here he continued the 
practice of law for ten 
years, during which 
time he served two 
terms as mayor, and 
then went to Chalice, 
Caster county, Idaho, 
following his chosen 
profession until Octo- 
ber 1887, and then re- 
turned to the City of 
Corinne. During the 
time Judge .Tohnson 
resided In Idaho he 
was a member of the 
Twelfth session of the 
Idaho council. In Feb- 
ruary, 188'. I, he was ap- 
pointed probate judge 
for Box-Elder county, 
which office he now 
holde. As a lawyer 
Judge Johnson has 
ever exhibited marked 
ability and high legal 
attainments. His ef- 
forts have been char- 
acterized by care and 

energy, and having a thorough knowledge of that profes.'sion 
has during all his legal career met with uniform success. Asa 
judge his decisions are accurate and decisive, noticeably free 
from prejudice and partiality, which fact has established for 
him a \yell deserved reputation. He has been interested more 
or less in the mining pursuit of the Territory and is familiar 
with the remarkable extent of this resource.' He is a man of 
unswerving integrity and upright principle, and is regarded as 
one of the staunch members of this community. 



pleasures and conveniences of home life, that the Bowring 
liros. opened their new and elegant hotel known as the Forest 
House, in December, 1H!)I. In establishing this public hostlery 
a long felt want was fulfilled and the hotel at once sprang into 
popular favor. The Forest House is situated in the central 
portion of the city, while at the same time it is more convenient 
to the depot than other hotels of the city. The hotel is nicely 
furnished with spacious rooms and light and airy sleeping 
apartments. The parlor is cosy and comfortable, and the 
dining room is nicely arranged and inviting. An experienced 
cook is employed and the service and bill of fare ie all that 
could be wished for. The hotel is especially popular with thea- 
trical compiinies and commercial travelers to whom special 
rates are made. The individual members of the tirm are H. N. 
Bowring and J. V. liowring. young men well known and 
respected in the community. Since opening the Forest House 

they have taken par- 
ticular pains to meet 
the demands of pat- 
rons and to make all 
who stop at their hotel 
feel that they have 
been kindly treated 
and satisfactorily pro- 
vided for. 





HON. EDMUND:P. JOHNSON. " 



FOREST HOUSE. 

It vvas with a view to provide the traveling public with a 
convenient, quiet and homelike stopping place where they 
could find all the comforts and accommodations of a lirsf- 
class hotel, and at the same time be surrounded with the 



E. A. BOX. 

Mr. E. A. Box, the 
subject of our sketch, 
is one of the promi- 
nent and enterprising 
merchants of this com- 
munity. He came here 
in early days. Mr. 
Box was born in Nau- 
voo, III., forty-eight 
years ago. He came 
to Utah in 1852 during 
the Mormon emigra- 
tion and first settled 
at Salt Lake City. 
Here he remained 
three years, and then 
removed to Bi igham 
City. For a number 
ot years during his 
early life he engaged 
in the occupation ot 
farming, acquiring 
what schooling he 
could in the primitive 
educational facilities 
available at that time, 
and then later attend- 
ed the University of 
Deseret at Salt Lake 
City to complete his 
studies. In 1881 Mr. Box first engaged in the mercantile pur- 
suit in this city. 

He has ever taken a deep interest in the progress and 
growth of lirigham City, and has held several important and 
responsible positions in the affairs of the city and county. For 
three years he was a member of the city council, and for five 
years was County Superintendent of schools. Besides this he 
has been prosecuting attorney for Box-Elder county, and in 
each of these capacities he sustained a high reputation for 
ability. He is now conducting an extensive general merchan- 
dise and produce shipping business. He has over 3^^,000 in- 
vested and his business amounts to over S'iO,OOo annually. 
Mr. Box is public spirited and progressive and encourages all 
movements conducive of the welfare of his city. 





city couDCil and while serving in tliat capacity was lustrnment^l 
in bringing about the adoption of many beneficial public poh- 
cieB, tor the improvement of the city and the material advance- 
ments of its interests. In March, 1891, Mr. Jensen was elected 
Mayor of Brigham and has since exercised his power and 
influence conscientiously and judiciously, and brought himself 
more than ever into popular favor. 




ted county attorney for Box-Elder county. This was in August, 
1890, and he immediately removed to this city. Mr. Jenson is 
a gentleman of good education, and considerable legal attain- 
ments. He is a careful man, and accurate and precise in the 
drafting of instruments and exceedingly thorough and vigilant 



HON. J. M.JENSEN. 

Hon. Joseph M. Jensen, 
the present mayor of 
Brigham City, is one of 
the most popular and 
highly esteemed residents 
of Bos-Elder county. He 
is a native of Brigham 
City and is thirty-nine 
years of age. He was 
educated in the schools 
of this district, and since 
entering an active busi- 
ness career has exhibited 
energy and ability in all 
his undertakings. Dur- 
ing much of his life he 
has been engaged in rais- 
ing stock and sheep, in 
which occupation he has 
met with abundant suc- 
cess. He has ever taken 
a deep interest in the 
affairs of Brigham City, 
however, and has been 
identified with many of 
the leading enterprises 
that have been built up, 
besides taking an active 
part in the municipal 
affairs of the city. Mr. 
Jensen was county clerk 
of Box-Elder county for 
two years and his work 
, in that capacity was 
thorough and efficient. 
He has also been an iu- 
^ fluential member of the 
PerEonallv Mr. Jensen is a man of prepossesing appearance, 
genial and affable, and well liked by all with whom he comes in 
contact. He is a director in the Brigham City Stock Mercantile 
Company, director in the Brigham City Mercantile Manufac- 
turing Company. Mr. Jensen's record is one of honor and 
integrity and untiring energy in whatever he undertakes, 

NELS JENSON. 

The Hon. Xels Jenson, 
prosecuting attorney for 
Box-Elder county, is one 
of the bright and promis- 
ing young men of this 
community, and has since 
entering upon the duties 
of his present position 
established a well-de- 
served reputation for 
energy and ability. Mr. 
Jenson is of Swedish par- 
entage and is thirty-one 
^ years of age. He came to 
I V O this country with his par- 

J \ z ents when but five years 

' ■ ^ "^ of age. He received his 

early education in the 
schools of this district, 
and later completed his 
studies at the University 
of Deseret, Salt Lake 
City, graduating in 1883, 
and enjoys the distinction 
of having five diplomas 
and is the recipient of 
the first diploma ever is- 
sued by the University of 
a Deseret. After leaving 
g school Mr. Jenson re- 
I turned to Box-Elder 
Z countv and located at 
S Bear River City, where he 
S engaged in teaching 
5 school, and continued in 
^ that calling for eight 
years, when he was elec- 
in the prosecution of such actions at law as come within the 
province of the county. He is also City Attorney for Brigham 
City Personally, Mr. Jensen is of a genial nature and pleasant 
in manner. He is well liked by his associates and held m high 



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PARK CITY. 



Approach Park City from almost any point of the compass, 
and one is ahnost immediately struck with the broken appear- 
ance of the land, an appearance indicative of a mininjf city, or 
rather a city that has come up from the mining camp. This is 
the fact, for authorities on the subject declare that Park City 
"has been the only permanent silver-producing camp in Utah 
for years." The mineral area, it is further said, is from ten to 
twelve miles in length, and from five to seven miles in 
width, embracing three separate belts: Ontario, Crescent and 
Snake Creek, and including some of the best paying and most 
productive properties in the world, such as the Ontario, Pioneer, 
Flag-staff, and others. 

As a city, however. Park City is remembered and promi- 
nent. She is pleasantly situated, well planned and handsomely 
built, and contains a population upward of six thousand. In 
the matter of railway facilities, the city is fortunate, having 
communication with the world at large, by the Utah 
Central, via Salt Lake City, also by the Union Pacific, via 
Echo. In general appearance, her superior would be hard to 
find. 

Tlierc arc a number of industries in the city that arc rapidly 
forging ahead, and the city is well supplied with stores of the 
best class, filled with goods that prove the gtiod taste and buy- 
ing ability of citizens. There are two banks, the Park City and 
First National with ample capital and surplus, each doing a pros- 



perous business, and each pursuing a policy that can only re- 
sult in great good to the city and her interests. The causes of 
education and religion are upon a firm foundation, and most 
ably sustain ?d. During the year 1891, there were four schools, 
with a total enrollment of between six and eight hundred, and 
an average attendance correspondingly large. There are also 
four churches, largely attended, presided over by gentlemen 
of ability and reputation, and maintained with well deserved 
liberality —not only are the means of grace and enlightenment 
abundant and effective by the press, is of the best character. 
Park city is a good newspaper town, and supports two publi- 
cations, TV/? /J//«^r, daily, and The Record, \sQ.f:V\y. Both are 
excellent, well-printed sheets, clean, aggressive in the cause 
they seriously serve, interested in the growth and prosperity 
of the city, and in all particulars models of the printers' art 
and editorial abilities and judgment. 

"Citizens are proud of their municipality," reflects a writer 
on the subject. And properly so. The city is growing rapidly. 
The government is " energetic, enterprising and progressive." 
Society is refined. The merchants and factors are rated high, 
while the public buildings and private residences are impos- 
ing, neat, tasty and " many of them stately." The future is 
promising in every particular, and it only needs addition to 
the population to cause a " boom," the activity of which will 
be far-reaching and pronounced. 



LEHI 



The settlement of Lehi was first made in 18.">0, and it was in- 
corporated as a city, February 4, 1S.V2. Such, in brief, is the 
history of the "Banner City" of Utah, from her inception to the 
day when she was permitted to assume municipal prominence. 
Her career since then 
has been character- 
ized by a steady pro- 
gression that has not 
only merited recogni- 
tion, but conmiended 
her citizens and their 
methods to the favor 
and confidence of the 
public in all portions 
of the West. The pop- 
ulation approximates 
2,000 in number, and 
the establishment of 
enterprises at Lehi, in 
addition to those al- 
ready there, must in 
a very brief period, 
augment that number 
many fold. Through- 
out the years that have 
been associated with 
the historv of the citv, 




UTAH SUGAR FACTOHY 
improvements of all kinds have been constant and unin- 
terupted. Chief among these is the LUah Sugar Works; an- 
other is the Leaching Works. The former was erected by a 
company incorporated in 1W9. The works were commenced 
in November. 1890, and were completed and in operation Oc- 
tober 12,1891. The main buildings consist of the factory proper, 
84x1x0 feet in dimensions and three stories high, and an annex 
40x4-80 feet, both built of brick, together with beet sheds. 
34x.i00 feet,with a total capacity of 14.<hj0 tons of beets.pulp silos. 



coal houses, houses for employes, etc., representing an aggre- 
gate expenditure of five hundred thousand dollars. When in 
operation the coni])any"s plant will give employment to upwards 
of three hundred hand*. Resides the sugar works, an ex- 
pensive bank build- 
ing, an elaborately 
constructed hotel and 
many private resi- 
dences were complet- 
ed. The outlook for 
the present year is 
even more promising. 
The New West Edu- 
cational society of Salt 
Lake City also oper- 
ates a branch of that 
institution in Lehi. 
The L^nion Pacific, 
Utah Southern, and 
Rio Grande Western 
roads are operated to 
Lehi, and furnish ad- 
equate facilities for 
traffic purposes, while 
the Lehi Banner, a 
weekly paper, inde- 
pendent in all fields 
save those which contribute to the well being of the city 
furnishes an accurate record of current events. The city also 
contains banking accommodations, hotels, public halls, an 



opera house, and other undertakings necessary to the pursuit 
of business or pleasure, besides mercantile houses covering 
every line of trade, and manufacturing establishments of util- 
ity and importance. Lehi is daily growing in conspicuity. and 
offers valuable inducements to all classes of men to become 
participants in her prosperity. 



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NEPHI. 



Nephi, a coiiiinercial city of considerable importance, and 
the county seat of Juab county, is situated at the intersection of 
the Union Pacific and Sanpete Valley Railroads, and in the 
center of a large grain producing valley. Minerals in 
abundance are also obtainable in the immediate vicinity con- 
sisting of salt, bismuth, coal, sulphur, gypsum and the more 
precious metals. Four miles above the city the mines of the 
Nephi Salt Mining and Manufacturing company are situated. 
The mineral is said to be about ninety-nine per cent pure and 
there is no limit to its extent. 

The assessed valuation of city property for 1891 was 
$828,962, upon which a tax of five mills for the support of the 
city government, schools, etc., was collected. 

A superior system of water-works is in operation, the water 
being obtained from the large springs having their source in 
Nephi canon. The system will be irriproved and extended dur- 
ing i8q2. The fire and police departments are efficient and 
ably directed. The schools, six in number, are graded and 
since their new school law took effect, have been largely at- 
tended. The Presbyterians, Methodists and Latter-Day Saints 



each maintain well ordered and liberally patronized schools. 

Two banks, the First National and Nephi Savings and 
Trust company, are both well equipped and ably managed 
financial institutions. Manufacturing is extensively carried on, 
and commercial business is a marked feature, the trade 
engaged is extending throughout Southern Utah, and portions 
of Nevada and Arizona. 

During the past year real estate is said to have materially 
increased in value, and buildings costing an aggregate of $50,- 
000 were erected, including a handsome and commodious opera 
house. Another prominent structure is the county court house, 
which cost nearly Si8,ooo, and is superior to anything of the 
kind south of Provo. 

The city possesses a multitude of inducements for the loca- 
tion of business or manufactures, and the wool industry is the 
most important of its kind in the Territory. The inhabitants 
are people of enterprise, and stand ready to offer encourage- 
ment and assistance to those who will identify themselves with 
the interests and prosperity of Nephi. 



SPANISH FORK. 



Twelve miles from Provo in a southerly direction, and 
within sight of the mouth of Spanish Fork canon, is the city of 
Spanish Fork, the settlement of which dates back to the days 
of Spanish domination. In IS.5.5, the settlers obtained a char- 
ter, under the provisions of which the town was the same year 
incorporated. .Since that date .Spanish Fork has gradually- 
been translated from a condition of inconspicuous uncertainty 
to a position of prominence among the towns of Southern 
Utah. 

During recent years material improvements have annually 



increased, and the output of money they have entailed, has 
been correspondingly large. 

The inducements for locating at Spanish Fork, are not 
dissimilar from those of other territorial cities. An abundant 
w-ater power can be utilized at a nominal cost, merchandising 
affords a field, the cultivation of which will produce rich 
returns, and the superior climate, delightful surroundings, 
handsome scenery, rich soil, plenteous harvests, good society 
and excellent educational advantages make the city and its 
vicinity a most desirable resort for pleasure seekers, or residents. 




EIGHTEEN YEARS IN SALT LAKE. 



Office, St. Elmo Hotel, Salt Lake City. 



DR. O, W. HK3GJIINIS, 

Ti e well known Specialist, has removed to 
more elegant and commodious parlors, 

17 AND 18 ST. ELMO HOTEL. 



DR. C. >V. HKJGIXS, 

Microscopic and Analytic Physician. 

The ( )ld Reliable Specialist. 

Twenty-Five Years Experience in the Treatment of 

Chronic, Nervous, Urinary and 

Sexual Diseases. 

xX/z^MCIM .\11 diseases peculiar to Women succeP8fuUy_ treated 
VVvJlYlClN, by t lie use of vegetable remedies and electricity. No 
nauseous drugs. 

YOl lIMf^ l\AFN Suffering from the effects of youthful follies 
I^Ul'^vJ IVICIN (ir indescretions. who are troubled with Sem- 
inal Weakness, Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Despondency, -Aver- 
sion to Society, Kidney Troubles. Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture, Syphilis 
or any disease of the Genito-Urinary Organs, can here tind a safe and 
speedy cure, Charges reasonable, especially to the poor. Cures guar- 
anteed. 

MIDDLE-AGED MEN. ItrorLS'X^tJii^. 

quent (Evacuations of the bladder, often accompanied by a slight smart- 
ing or burnini; sensation and weakening of the system in a manner tlie 
patient cannot account for. There are many men who die of this ditfl- 
culty. isnorant of tlie cause, which is the second stage of seminal weak- 
ness. The doctor will t;uarantee a perfect cure in all such cases, and a 
healthy restoration of the geuito-nrinary organs. Consuitation free. 
Send for Qaestion List, free. 

All Classes ol Fits Cored. Tapeworms removed with head or no pay. 



The 



Salt Lake Keeley Institute 



FOR THE ABSOLUTE CURE OF 



LIQUOR OPIUM 



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TOBHCCO. CHLORAL 
COCAINE HABITS • • 



^pcatrncnt Idei7tieal \Vitl] t\)at at l*)\Viol7t, Illinois. 



NERVOUS DISEASES SPECIALLY TREATED. 




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ELECTRIC CARS FOR BECK'S HOT SPRINGS PASS THE DOOR 

TEMPERATURE 132 WATERS INFALLIBLE FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, CATARRH 

LEAD POISONING, AND ALL BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES 



FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS 



KEKL-EY INSTITUTE 



ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONFIDENTIAL 



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